Oliver Sturges House
The building in 2009
Location27 Abercorn Street,
Savannah, Georgia
Coordinates32°04′45″N 81°05′24″W / 32.0793°N 81.0899°W / 32.0793; -81.0899
Built1813
Part ofSavannah Historic District
NRHP reference No.71000271
Added to NRHPJuly 14, 1971[1]

The Oliver Sturges House is a historic building in Savannah, Georgia, United States, built in 1813.[2] It is located in the southwestern trust block of Reynolds Square, and it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.[1] The building has also been known as the Hiram Roberts House.[3] Roberts lived from 1806 to 1880.[4] The house was originally two floors; a third was added in 1835.[5]

The lot the building stands on was the site set aside by the Trustees of the Colony of Georgia for the minister at Savannah. A 1733 map shows an earlier house on the site.[1] In 1736–37, John Wesley, a missionary of the Church of England and later the founder of Methodism, lived there.[1]

The earliest view of the building is depicted by Firmin Cerveau, detail painter and watercolorist, in 1837. The painting now hangs in the Georgia Historical Society's offices.[1]

In 1964, the Historic Savannah Foundation saved the building from demolition.[1]

The property sits directly across East Saint Julian Street from The Olde Pink House, which was constructed 24 years earlier. It has been the home of Morris Multimedia since 1971.[5][6]

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