This is another good example of Mid-Century Modern architectural style in Savannah and is one of my favorite buildings in the city. Local architects Carl E. Helfrich and Daniel L. Grantham were responsible for the design. The Savannah Blue Print company has been in business since 1925.
Thanks to Cyrus Utley at Savannah Blue Print Company for this information.
This typical mid-century post office was built during the last year of Dwight D. Eisenhower’s administration.
This lunchroom, likely built in the early 1950s, is all that remains of the old Irwinville High School. It now serves as the Irwinville Community Center and hosts many community and family reunions. This school is best remembered for its basketball team, the Farmers, who won state championships in 1947, 1950, and 1951. The legendary Wallace “Country” Childs (1918-2006) was their formidable coach, and in the consecutive title years of 1950 and 1951 they chalked up 76 wins, a record only recently broken by Cuthbert’s Randolph-Clay High School. The school closed in 1963.
This Mid-Century Modern motel was opened in 1956 by David Steigman. It is still in business.