Telfair Academy
Telfair Academy | |
Telfair Academy in 2015 | |
| Location | 121 Barnard St., Savannah, Georgia |
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| Coordinates | 32°4′44″N 81°5′43″W / 32.07889°N 81.09528°W |
| Built | 1818 |
| Architect | Jay, William; Brandt, Carl N. |
| Architectural style | English Regency |
| Part of | Savannah Historic District (ID66000277) |
| NRHP reference No. | 76000612 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | May 11, 1976 |
| Designated NHL | May 11, 1976 |
The Telfair Academy is a historic mansion at 121 Barnard Street in Savannah, Georgia. It was designed by William Jay and built in 1818, and is one of a small number of Jay's surviving works. It is one of three sites owned by Telfair Museums. Originally a family townhouse belonging to the Telfair family, it became a free art museum in 1886, and thus one of the first 10 art museums in America, and the oldest public art museum in the South. Its first director, elected in 1883, was artist Carl Ludwig Brandt, who spent winters in Savannah. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976.