The David Cohen House is a home in Savannah, Georgia, United States. It is located at 108 East Jones Street and was constructed in 1853.Historic Building Map: Savannah Historic District – Historic Preservation Department of the Chatham County-Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission (November 17, 2011)A Visitor’s Guide to Historic Savannah Homes, Tom Draffin (2017), p. 1857
The building is part of the Savannah Historic District, and in a survey for the Historic Savannah Foundation, Mary Lane Morrison found the building to be of significant status.Historic Savannah: Survey of Significant Buildings in the Historic and Victorian Districts of Savannah, Georgia, Mary Lane Morrison (1979), p. 297
It was built for David Lopez Cohen (1820–1893),"David Lopez Jr.: Builder, Industrialist, and Defender of the Confederacy" - American Jewish Archives a successful ship builder from Charleston, South Carolina, and the nephew of David L. Lopez. He also built the Shearith Israel Synagogue at 34 Wentworth Street in Charleston.Mapping Jewish CharlestonFrom The Colonial Era To The Present Day - College of Charleston He is interred in Laurel Grove Cemetery.Savannah, Immortal City: Volume One of the Civil War Savannah Series - Barry Sheehy, Cindy Wallace, Vaughnette Goode-Walker (2011)
See also Buildings in Savannah Historic District
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