W. B. Hodgson Hall

W. B. Hodgson Hall
The Georgia Historical Society's Hodgson Hall in 2022
Location501 Whitaker Street,
Savannah, Georgia
Coordinates32°04′14″N 81°05′48″W / 32.070447°N 81.0967546°W / 32.070447; -81.0967546
Built1876; 148 years ago (1876)
ArchitectDetlef Lienau
Part ofSavannah Historic District
NRHP reference No.77000413
Added to NRHPMarch 25, 1977[1]

W. B. Hodgson Hall is a historic building in Savannah, Georgia, United States, built in 1876. Designed by the American Institute of Architects' founder Detlef Lienau, it is now the home of Georgia Historical Society's Research Center.[2]

The building is located at 501 Whitaker Street, in the northwestern corner of Forsyth Park.

William B. Hodgson

The building was a gift of Margaret Telfair Hodgson and her sister, Mary Telfair (see Telfair Academy), as a memorial to Margaret's husband, William Brown Hodgson (1801–1871), a prominent Savannah citizen, American diplomat and scholar of the Middle East. Hodgson died on June 26, 1871, while on a visit to New York City.[2]

Hodgson was a member of the Georgia Historical Society, and one of its curators for 25 years.[2]

Hodgson is buried in Savannah's Bonaventure Cemetery. Although he arranged with (and paid) William H. Wiltberger for burial lot 13 of section D, he was interred in lot 19 of the same section. The family of Noble Jones, including his son Noble Wimberly Jones, occupies lot 13.[3]

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ a b c Hodgson Hall – Georgia Historical Society
  3. ^ Historic Bonaventure Cemetery: Photographs from the Collection of the Georgia Historical Society, Amie Marie Wilson, Mandi Dale Johnson, Georgia Historical Society (1998), p. 20 ISBN 9780738542010