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The Isaiah Davenport house is a historic home in Savannah, Georgia that is operated as a historic house museum by the Historic Savannah Foundation.

It is located at 324 East State Street, on the northwest corner of Columbia Square. In 2005, The Davenport House museum received the Preserve America Presidential Award.

Architectural style
It was designed and built between 1816 and 1819 by American architect and bulider Isaiah Davenport. It is an example of the Federal architecture Style.

History
The property was built on lot 13, Columbia ward its first occupants are Isaiah davenport and his family. After the death of Isaiah Davenport in 1827, Sarah Davenport turned the private residence into a boarding house, to help pay off debt. The house was sold to William Baynard in 1840. It would stay in the Baynard family until its near-demolition in 1955.

Museum
The davenport house was first opened as a Museum in 1963.