African American Architectural Traditions Tour
Sunday, May 15, 20162 PM - 3:30 PMEDT
| Meet at the corner of Montgomery Street and W. 41st Street
Savannah, GA, USRelated
This tour explores the rich architectural heritage of the city’s African American community, focusing on the Cuyler-Brownville neighborhood and Laurel Grove Cemetery. The distinctive characteristics of African American houses, businesses and churches, from Shotgun house forms to hand-painted commercial signage will be addressed. The tour concludes with a visit to Laurel Grove South Cemetery, where distinctive commemorative traditions, such as using concrete grave markers, can be found.
All tours are free and open to the public. Reservations required.
"Reading the City" is a Public Programs Series presented by the Society of Architectural Historians and Savannah College of Art and Design, with support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Georgia Humanities Council.
These programs are designed to support and help publicize the Buildings of Savannah book, authored by Robin Williams with David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell and Karl Schuler. Buildings of Savannah is part of the Buildings of the United States series sponsored by the Society of Architectural Historians and published by the University of Virginia Press.
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