Joe Odom House

The Joe Odom House is a home in Savannah, Georgia, United States. It is located at 16 East Jones Street and was constructed in 1847.^[1]

Joe Odom House
The building in 2022
General information
Location	Savannah, Georgia, U.S.
Address	16 East Jones Street
Coordinates	32.0725°N 81.0935°W / 32.0725; -81.0935
Completed	1847 (178 years ago) (1847)

The building is part of the Savannah Historic District,^[1] and in a survey for the Historic Savannah Foundation, Mary Lane Morrison found the building to be of significant status.^[2]

Built for Eliza Ann Jewett, it later become the home of Joe Odom.^[3] Odom, an attorney-turned-musician was featured in the John Berendt non-fiction novel Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil,^[4][5] although he died three years before the book's 1994 release.^[6]

A block south of Madison Square, this and 18 East Jones Street are two of the earliest constructions on the street.^[4]

See also

• Buildings in Savannah Historic District