HELEN WASHINGTON likes to say she has a “living room with a view.” The sprightly senior has lived on Henry Street for over 60 years, most of them in the […]
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100 Years on Henry Street
Here’s a factoid that might surprise even the most studious Savannah bookworm: When the Carnegie Library opened its thick double doors in August 1914, it didn’t just have the distinction of being the city’s first library to serve black citizens—it was Savannah’s first freestanding public library, period.