Poetter Hall (SCAD)

The story

SCAD's first building, purchased in 1978 when the college was founded. Named for SCAD founders Richard and Paula Poetter. The Romanesque Revival armory became the cornerstone of SCAD's extraordinary adaptive reuse program that has restored over 100 historic buildings across Savannah.

Everything that was here

• 1979–present

  Poetter Hall (SCAD)academic building

  SCAD's first building, purchased in 1978 when the college was founded. Named for SCAD founders Richard and Paula Poetter. The Romanesque Revival armory became the cornerstone of SCAD's extraordinary adaptive reuse…

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• 1893–1978

  Savannah Volunteer Guards Armoryarmory

  Romanesque Revival armory designed by William Gibbons Preston for one of the South's oldest militia units, organized in 1802. Served until the 1970s before SCAD acquisition.

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• 1893–1965

  Savannah Volunteer Guards (Military Use)Armory

  Built in 1893 in Romanesque Revival style as the armory and drill hall for the Savannah Volunteer Guards, a militia unit with roots in the Revolutionary War. Designed by William Gibbons Preston (who also designed the…

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