Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences

Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences
Telfair Academy in 2011
Location 121 Barnard St., Savannah, Georgia
Coordinates 32°4′44″N 81°5′43″W / 32.07889°N 81.09528°WCoordinates: 32°4′44″N 81°5′43″W / 32.07889°N 81.09528°W
Built 1818
Architect Jay,William; Brandt,Carl N.
Architectural style No Style Listed
Governing body Private
NRHP Reference # 76000612
Significant dates
Added to NRHP May 11, 1976[1]
Designated NHL May 11, 1976[2]

Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, also known as Telfair Academy and Telfair Mansion, is a historic mansion in Savannah, Georgia. Originally a family townhouse, it became a free art museum in 1886 known as the Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences. Its first director, elected in 1883, was artist Carl Ludwig Brandt, who spent winters in Savannah.[3]

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976.[2][4]

The mansion is now the main facility of the Telfair Museum of Art, and features furnished period rooms that highlight the museum's collection of decorative arts.

References

  1. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
  3. ↑  Wilson, James Grant; Fiske, John, eds. (1900). "Brandt, Carl Ludwig". Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
  4. ↑ Carolyn Pitts (January 29, 1976), National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: The Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences (pdf), National Park Service and Accompanying one photo, exterior, undated PDF (32 KB)

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