Sorrel-Weed House & Madison Square: Antebellum Grandeur
Why is it significant?
Stand before the towering ocher stucco facade and iron filigree balconies of the Sorrel-Weed House on Madison Square.
Key Facts
| Place | Sorrel-Weed House & Madison Square: Antebellum Grandeur |
|---|---|
| Address | 6 W Harris St, Savannah, GA 31401 |
| Geo Coordinates | 32.07390, -81.09380 |
| Part of Walk | Savannah's Haunted Squares: Spanish Moss, Piracy, and Gothic Mansions |
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Stand before the towering ocher stucco facade and iron filigree balconies of the Sorrel-Weed House on Madison Square. Designed by renowned architect Charles Cluskey in eighteen forty for wealthy shipping merchant Francis Sorrel, this sixteen-thousand-square-foot palace is one of the finest examples of Greek Revival architecture in Georgia.
General Robert E. Lee was a close family friend of the Sorrels and stayed in this very house in eighteen sixty-one while planning coastal fortifications. In the center of the square stands the monument to Sergeant William Jasper, the revolutionary hero who fell during the bloody Siege of Savannah in seventeen seventy-nine while attempting to plant the patriot flag.
The house is widely claimed to be among the most haunted locations in America, with stories centering on the tragic suicide of Matilda Sorrel and lingering shadows from the revolutionary battle that soaked this square's ground in blood decades before the house was built.
Continue south toward Monterey Square and the gothic grandeur of the Mercer House.