Gordonston is one of the oldest neighborhoods in Savannah, GA. The National Register designated Gordonston as an historic district in 2001. This unique & lovely neighborhood, only five minutes from downtown Savannah, is the city's oldest suburb. It rests on a triangle between Skidaway Road on the south, Pennsylvania Avenue on the East, and Gwinnett on the north. The neighborhood was planned and designed in the early 20th century by the noted Gordon family of Savannah, whose best-known member, Juliette Gordon Low, founded the Girl Scouts.
The streets of Gordonston fan out from its central focal point, Pierpoint Circle, like spokes of a half wheel. Designed in the first two decades of the 20th Century, it was convenient to downtown via the new trolley line which ran along Kinzie Avenue from the historic district all the way to Thunderbolt, which lies just a few miles further along Skidaway from Gordonston.
The neighborhood was planned to include varying sizes and types of houses, ranging from magnificent brick mansions to relatively small craftsmen style cottages. Today, about 200 families live in this beautifully kept neighborhood, where they often enjoy parties in the residents-only Gordonston Park and the closeness and camaraderie of a true neighborhood, in the old-fashioned sense of the word.
This community offers beautifully maintained homes along with massive oak trees on every property and wonderful examples of Neo-Classical, Colonial Revival, and Arts and Crafts architecture.
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