Jones/Derenne Range

Jones/Derenne Range, also known as Jones' Lower Range, is a historic building located on East Bay Street in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Located in Savannah's Historic District, parts of the building date to 1817.^[4] The Savannah Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and this building is a contributing property.^[4][5]

Jones/Derenne Range
The building in 2022
General information
Location	112–130 East Bay Street[1]
Town or city	Savannah, Georgia
Country	United States
Coordinates	32.0810°N 81.0893°W / 32.0810; -81.0893
Technical details
Floor count	5
Jones/Derenne Range
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
2020 view of building
Part of	Savannah Historic District (ID66000277)
Significant dates
Designated	November 13, 1966[2]
Designated CP	November 13, 1966[3]

History

The building was originally a cotton warehouse, split between the Jones Stores (east) and Hunter Stores (west).

River Street Inn

The top four floors of 124 East Bay Street have been occupied since 1986 by River Street Inn,^[6] named for the street it backs onto and which serves the lower three floors. The inn is a member of the Historic Hotels of America program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.^[6] The first floor (accessible from River Street) is given over to a restaurant.

Historic Hotels of America

"Taking up an entire city block and wrapped around a gorgeous central atrium, the five-story structure first operated as a storing, grading, and exporting facility for cotton. The floors of the lower two levels were built in 1817 out of recycled ballast stone with wide, arched doorways to accommodate moving large bales of cotton, while the top three floors, added in 1853, have floor-to-ceiling windows to allow maximum light into what was once used as offices, for the factors."^[6]

River Street façade

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  Looking west, 2014

See also

• Buildings in Savannah Historic District

References

1. Contact us – River Street Inn's official website
2. "Savannah Historic District". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2009-01-31. Retrieved 2009-07-21.
3. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
4. River Street Inn Historical Marker – Historical Marker Database
5. Savannah Historic District nomination form
6. "River Street Inn". Historic Hotels of America. Retrieved April 19, 2020.

External links

• River Street Inn official website
• The rear of the building from River Street - Google Street View, May 2019