508 East Factors Walk
Tidewater Oil Company leased two floors of the new building, but in 1892 the building was destroyed by a fire. The premises were rebuilt, and Standard Oil occupied the space until 1907. The building remained empty for more than two decades. Tide Water Oil Company was later purchased by Standard Oil.
In 1930, Alexander Brothers Company, a blue jeans and overall factory, moved in. They remained there until 1980.
In 1985, the building was completely renovated. It was reopened in 1987 as the Olde Harbour Inn, its current occupant. Four years later, Savannah's HLC Hotels, Inc. purchased the inn as the first property in its "collection of upscale historic Savannah inns." It now owns five other inns and hotels.
As of February 2022, the businesses occupying the ground floor of the River Street elevation are Travel House, Exotic Cigars and Something Different.
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An entrance to Olde Harbour Inn in 2017
See also
References
- ^ History - Olde Harbour Inn official website
- ^ "Dreaming of Savannah" - New York Times, October 16, 1983
- ^ "Olde Harbour Inn: Hank the ghostly prankster" - Savannah Morning News, October 16, 2008
- ^ "Bay Streets' Big Blaze -- five hundred barrels of oil and the building is burned..." - Savannah Morning News, January 3, 1892
- ^ Our Properties - HLC Hotels