Old Chan Magic: Chinese Roots, Southern Branches is a new photography exhibition on Chinese-American life in the 20th Century in Savannah
The Davenport House Museum will begin a full exterior renovation on June 2.
The Urban Enslaved Exhibition delves into what the lives of the 13 enslaved people who lived at the Davenport House.
The Davenport House today versus how the Davenport House looked in the 1930s during the Tenement Era.

Where Savannah’s Preservation Began

In 1955, the Davenport House (c. 1820) was slated for demolition to make way for a parking lot. A group of seven determined women halted the demolition, purchased the house, and founded the Historic Savannah Foundation (HSF). What began as an effort to protect one home sparked a preservation movement that would go on to save an entire city. The Davenport House opened as a museum in 1963 and is still owned, operated, and maintained by HSF today.

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A photo of Isaiah Davenport's office in the Davenport House Museum.

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A photo from the early 1900s of three of the Chan children in traditional Chinese outfits.

Old Chan Magic: Chinese Roots, Southern Branches

Telling their stories.

Explore the lives of the enslaved people in the house.

The Davenport House Museum treats visitors to intriguing and vivid experiences centered on a legendary Savannah-centric tale of courage and determination as well as the story of those dwelling in the house, both enslaved and free, in the early 19th century.