Georgia's landmarks, memorials and legends . y regime, and it was prob-ably built some time in the early thirties. Here may stillbe seen the slave quarters, preserving amid an alteredscene the typical aspect of a thrifty plantation settlement,such as here existed in the days of Judge McAlpinsgrandfather. The mansion is reached by an avenue ofoaks, forming a gate-way of foliage to a bower of on the southern banks of the Savannah Eiver,it adjoins the country-seat of the noted old Revolution-ary patriot, Jonathan Bryan; and on the landward sideconnects with Savannah by means of the
Georgia's landmarks, memorials and legends . y regime, and it was prob-ably built some time in the early thirties. Here may stillbe seen the slave quarters, preserving amid an alteredscene the typical aspect of a thrifty plantation settlement,such as here existed in the days of Judge McAlpinsgrandfather. The mansion is reached by an avenue ofoaks, forming a gate-way of foliage to a bower of on the southern banks of the Savannah Eiver,it adjoins the country-seat of the noted old Revolution-ary patriot, Jonathan Bryan; and on the landward sideconnects with Savannah by means of the old Augustaroad. The historic Owens mansion—today the home of W. Thomas—presents much the appearance which itdid in 1825, when it sheltered the great palladin ofliberty, then on his last visit to America. It was builtby the celebrated architect Jay, for an Englishman namedRichardson, who married a Miss Bolton, and it came into * These facts were obtained fmni a copy of the Savannah MorningNews, bearing date of February 20, 1! Chatham 395 possession of the Owens family some time l)efore tlieCivil War. It was formerly one of the stylish boardini;houses of the city, kept by a Mrs. Maxwell and frecjuent-ed by official visitors. The Marquis de la Fayette occu-pied an elegant room on the south side overlooking thespacious veranda. Greenwich, the handsome estate of Mr. Spencer , on the Wilmington Eiver, recalls the heroicmartydom of the gallant Count Casimer Pulaski. Whenthe brave officer fell mortally wounded, during thesiege of Savannah, he was brought to this place, wherehe received the most tender nursing until the end was from a tomh in this immediate locality that hisashes were removed to the Pulaski monument on BullStreet in Savannah. There is no truth in the traditionthat he died at sea. Wimberley, the home of MayorGeorge W. Tiedeman, on the Isle of Hope, is also one ofthe beauty-spots of Savannah. It is literally a palace ofart, framed in a ty
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