Widely considered one of the better B&B choices in Savannah given the high class accomodations and remarkably friendly and attentive staff, this handsomely appointed house, dating from the 1890s, was originally the family manse of William Kehoe. It has brass-and-marble chandeliers, a courtyard garden, and a music room with a baby grand piano. Guest rooms in this charmer have a decidedly...
The Kehoe was built in 1892. In the 1950s, after the place had been converted into a funeral parlor, its owners tried to tear down the nearby Davenport House to build a parking lot. The resulting outrage led to the founding of the Historic Savannah Association and the salvation of most of the neighborhood's remaining historic buildings.
Anyone with the slightest interest in country or traditional mountain music will make the 78-mile round-trip from Abingdon to Maces Spring, a hamlet in the Poor Valley, where you will see and hear established and aspiring artists every Saturday night at the Carter Family Memorial Music Center. This is the ancestral home of country music royalty A. P. Carter, wife Sara, and Maybelle Addington...
Grand Savannah mansion turned distinctive B&B.:
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One of Savannah's most affluent inns is revered for elegant furnishings, 14-foot ceilings and service. This Renaissance Revival mansion was built in 1892 as a home for William...