By 1861 the property was owned by William Brantley, city alderman from 1860 to 1861.

Since they were all minors at the time, it was likely a trust investment. (The property was valued at $1.15 million in 2016.) He also attends a party at 115 East Jones Street, five blocks to the east, in the movieīuilt for Elizabeth, Isaac and Jacob Cohen. John Cusack's character, John Kelso, rents number 218 at the end of the 1997 movie Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. Prior to that, in the early 1900s it was the Gerken Family Grocery Store, operated by Julius Weitz and his siblings and parents īuilt for William Humphries Sr. From west to east: West Jones Street NameĪn unrestored bar, The Crystal, dating to the early 1930s, owned by William and Connie Manning, now Crystal Beer Parlor. The majority of the buildings were erected in the 1850s, although another construction spike occurred in the 1880s. See also: Buildings in Savannah Historic Districtīelow is a selection of notable buildings on Jones Street, many constructed for Eliza Ann Jewett (1779–1856). Jones Street passes through six wards (from west to east): Currie Town, Pulaski, Jasper, Lafayette, Troup and Bartow. In a 2016 study, Jones Street was one of several Savannah streets considered to be a 'complete street' connection that 'provide safe, comfortable and convenient movement for pedestrians, bikes, vehicles, and alternative modes of transportation.' Boulevard and Montgomery Street by an off-ramp from Interstate 16, allowing direct access to Savannah's Historic District at Montgomery Street. The street is interrupted between Martin Luther King Jr. Several of its homes were built by John Scudder, who - with his brother, Ephraim - also built Scudder's Row on Monterey Square. Jones Street has been described as one of the most charming streets in America. The street name changes at Bull Street, a north–south thoroughfare, becoming East Jones Street and West Jones Street, respectively, and they border two of Bull Street's southernmost squares. It lies near the center of the Savannah Historic District. The street stretches just over 1 mile (1.6 km), from West Boundary Street in the west to East Broad Street in the east. It is named for major John Jones, aide-de-camp to brigadier general Lachlan McIntosh at the 1779 siege of Savannah during the American Revolutionary War.

Jones Street is a historic street in Savannah, Georgia, United States.

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