Ephraim Scudder (March 17, 1819 – August 15, 1872)Architecture of the Old South, Mills Lane (1993), p. 161 was an American master builder who was prominent in the second half of the 19th century. During his time in Savannah, Georgia, he became one of the city's "most prolific and successful antebellum builders".Savannah, Immortal City: Volume One of the Civil War Savannah Series - Barry Sheehy, Cindy Wallace, Vaughnette Goode-Walker (2011), p. 287
Early life Ephraim Scudder was born in Westfield, New Jersey, on March 17, 1819, to Amos and Phebe Scudder, one of their eleven children.Amos Scudder: A Yankee in Savannah, Shelley Carroll, Armstrong State College (1994)
Career Scudder worked with his older brother, John Scudder (1815–1869), for about twenty years.Savannah in the Old South, Walter J. Fraser (2005), p. 273 They formed their own practice, J. & E. Scudder, in Savannah, Georgia.Report of Edward C. Anderson, Mayor of the City of Savannah: For the Year Ending October 31st, 1855-1856 (1855), p. 20
Between 1847 and 1858, the brothers were owners and part-owners of the Savannah–Ogeechee Canal, which was completed in 1830.Report of Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Georgia, Volume 38, Georgia Supreme Court (1913), p. 152 More a passion of their father's, their interest in the canal waned after his death in 1856.
Selected notable works Scudder's Row, 1–9 East Gordon Street, Savannah (1853)Historic Savannah, Historic Savannah Foundation (1968), p. 38
Death Scudder died in Savannah on August 15, 1872, aged 53, while visiting Thomas Davis, a friend of his. He had been ill for a period of time, and was visiting Bryan County in the hopes of recuperating. He is buried in Savannah's Laurel Grove North Cemetery. His headstone reads "a beloved brother". His and John's sister, Caroline (1823–1884), is also buried in Laurel Grove North, alongside her husband, Milton Julius Buckner (1809–1875).
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