Houston Street (Savannah, Georgia)

Houston Street
The street's namesake, William Houstoun
Namesake	William Houstoun
Length	0.44 mi (0.71 km)
Location	Savannah, Georgia, U.S.
North end	East Bay Street
South end	East Liberty Street

Houston Street (/ˈhaʊstən/ HOW-stən) is a prominent street in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Located between Price Street to the west and East Broad Street to the east, it runs for about 0.44 miles (0.71 km) from East Bay Street in the north to East Liberty Street in the south. The street is named for prominent Georgian William Houstoun, whose portrait hangs in the rotunda of Savannah City Hall.^[1] It passes through the Savannah Historic District, a National Historic Landmark District.^[2]

Houston Street goes around four of Savannah's 22 squares. They are (from north to south):

Notable buildings and structures

Below is a selection of notable buildings and structures on Houston Street, all in Savannah's Historic District. From north to south:^[3]

601 East Bay Street (has an entrance on Houston Street) (1860)
Joseph Wilkinson House, 11 Houston Street (1807)
Morty Dorgan Property, 20 Houston Street (1853)
Simon Mirault House, 21 Houston Street (1852)
Joachim Hartstene House, 23 Houston Street (circa 1803)
Catherine McCarthy Property, 26–30 Houston Street (1887)
Laurence Dunn Property (I), 31–33 Houston Street (1875)
Laurence Dunn Property (II), 35–37 Houston Street (1872)
James King House, 113 Houston Street (1854)
Henry Cunningham House, 117–119 Houston Street (by 1810)
Second African Baptist Church, 123 Houston Street (1926)
124 Houston Street (1814–1816)
Jeremiah Murphy House, 129 Houston Street (1904)
131 Houston Street (1807)
134–142 Houston Street (circa 1926) – formerly the Kate Baldwin Free Kindergarten
216–222 Houston Street (1910)
John Tucker Property, 224 Houston Street (1850)

^ Freeman, H. Ronald (1997). Savannah People, Places & Events: A Historic Tour Guide. H. R. Freeman. ISBN 9780966152104.
^ James Dillon (1977) National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: The Savannah Georgia NHL Historic District, National Park Service and Accompanying 25 photos, from 1964, 1973
^ Historic Building Map: Savannah Historic District – Historic Preservation Department of the Chatham County-Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission (November 17, 2011)

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North–south running	Abercorn Street Barnard Street Bull Street Drayton Street East Broad Street Habersham Street Houston Street Jefferson Street Lincoln Street Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard Montgomery Street Price Street Tattnall Street Whitaker Street
East–west running	Bay Street Broughton Street Bryan Street Charlton Street Congress Street Gaston Street Gordon Street Harris Street Hull Street Jones Street Liberty Street Oglethorpe Avenue Perry Street River Street State Street Taylor Street York Street

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