York Street (Savannah, Georgia)

York Street
	Walker Row House, West York Street
Namesake	Duke of York
Length	0.70 mi (1.13 km)
Location	Savannah, Georgia, U.S.
West end	Montgomery Street
East end	East Broad Street

York Street is a prominent street in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Located, in its downtown section, between State Street to the north and Oglethorpe Avenue to the south, it runs for about 0.70 miles (1.13 km) from Montgomery Street in the west to East Broad Street in the east. It is named for the Duke of York.^[1] The street is entirely within Savannah Historic District, a National Historic Landmark District.^[2]

York Street passes through five squares on their southern side. From west to east:

Notable buildings and structures[edit]

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

Peter Ott Property, 15–19 East York Street (1892)
Esther Stewart Property, 21–25 East York Street (1853–1856)
Marine Hospital, 115 East York Street (1907; now part of Savannah College of Art and Design)
Henry Dickerson Duplex, 201–203 East York Street (1853)
James Mills House, 205 East York Street (1855)
Jane Young House, 211 East York Street (1853)
John Feely Duplex, 217–219 East York Street (1872) – built for John Foley
Charles Landershine House, 221 East York Street (1856)
Jerome H. Wilson House, 307–311 East York Street (1872)
Thomas Morgan House, 313–315 East York Street (1885)
Abraham Sheftall House, 321 East York Street (1818; moved from Elbert Ward in 1966)
409 East York Street (1880)
Deitrich Oetjen House, 503 East York Street (1897)
William Herman Duplex, 506–508 East York Street (1902)
Frederick Heineman Property, 509 East York Street (circa 1839)
George Jones House, 510 East York Street (1799)
Teresa Neve House, 511 East York Street (1855)
Catherine Deveaux House, 513 East York Street (1853)
Susannah Clarke Cottage, 517 East York Street (circa 1805)
Edward White Cottage, 519 East York Street (circa 1812)
Margaret McDonald House, 521 East York Street (1883)

^ Cope, Tony (2016). It's Not That Lincoln. The Abercorn Press.
^ 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)

v t e Major streets of downtown Savannah, Georgia
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