Savannah Antiques and Architecture Weekend 2024

ANTIQUES ROAD STROLL

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This year we celebrate Savannah’s antiques and architectural legacy with American Antiques expert, Mr. Leigh Keno, best known for his role on The Antiques Road Show, tours of historic homes and antiques collections on our Antiques Road Stroll.

Organized by the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Georgia, a 501C3 charitable organization, this event supports the ongoing preservation of two of the City’s prominent historic houses, the Andrew Low House Museum and The Green-Meldrim House.

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ANDREW LOW HOUSE MUSEUM RECEPTION &                         SPECIAL TOURS

March 7, 6 p.m. –7:30 p.m.
Andrew Low House Museum
329 Abercorn Street

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To kick off the events this year, a reception to meet our keynote speaker, Leigh Keno, private home tour hosts, and Patrons will be held in the garden of the Andrew Low House Museum. Special tours that focus on antique collections and historical cocktails will be featured at this fun reception.

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ANTIQUES ROAD STROLL

March 8, 6 p.m.
429 Bull Street & 120 Jones Street

Our Antiques Road Stroll features tours of historic homes and antiques collections and shops all within walking distance of one another. Featured homes include the fabled Mercer House and 120 West Jones Street. Neighborhood antiques shops will be invited to join in the strolling tour as well and each location will offer cocktails and other refreshments all to-go in a branded “stroller” cup. Our guest of honor, Leigh Keno, will join us as a co-host.

MERCER HOUSE-429 Bull Street

Once home to Savannah’s most famous antiques dealer, James A. (Jim) Williams, the Mercer House stands as an iconic example of Renaissance Revival architecture by John S. Norris. Commissioned by General Hugh W. Mercer, great-grandfather of the celebrated songwriter Johnny Mercer, he sold the unfinished home to John R. Wilder, so no Mercer ever lived there.

Jim Williams purchased the home in 1969 and began a two-year restoration of the house. It is decorated with objects from Williams’s private collection including Regency and Empire furniture, 18th and 19th century portraits by Gilbert Stuart and Thomas Hudson, and a wide collection of curiosities from around the globe.

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LEIGH KENO: KEYNOTE LUNCHEON AND TALK

March 9, 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

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Most famously known as the American Antiques expert on the Antiques Road Show, Leigh Keno joins us as our Keynote Speaker and Guest of Honor this year. He is the founder and President of Keno Auctions and Keno Art Advisory with nearly 50 years of experience and expertise in the art and antiques world. He has advised some of the country’s leading museums including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Colonial Williamsburg, and The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.
Leigh has served as an expert in Christie’s American Furniture and Decorative Arts department and also as Director of the Winter Antiques Show Vetting Committee. He is a recipient of the National Humanities Medal for his role as an educator in the field of American History and Artifacts and is a certified member of the Appraisers Association of America.
As a popular educator in American Art and Antiques, his television roles have included host positions on MSN’s Collect This, and Fox Network’s Buried Treasures. His role as an appraiser continues on the EMMY-nominated PBS series, Antiques Road Show.

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FABULOUS FETE & AUCTION

March 9, 6:30 p.m . – 9 p.m.                                                             Green-Meldrim House                                                                             14 W. Macon Street

Our in-person celebration returns this year at the Green-Meldrim House with Leigh Keno, cocktails, food, live jazz music, and a final chance to bid on all our auction items.

ONLINE AUCTION

March 4 – 9
Ending Online at 6:30 p.m. and In Person at 9 p.m.

Bid high and bid often on great objects, art, experiences, and services.  All purchases go to support the Andrew Low House Museum and the Green-Meldrim House.