Savannah ยท Columbia Square
17Hundred90 Inn
A rambling inn between Oglethorpe and Columbia Squares whose oldest section dates to 1821, with a restaurant downstairs and a ghost story tied to Room 204.
- Built
- 1821western section built 1821-1823 as a duplex residence (eastern section 1888; York St guest house 1875); the name commemorates 1790, not the construction date
- Type
- Inn
- Rooms
- 29
- Price
- $$
- Area
- Columbia Square
- Credentials
- Inside a National Register historic district
The story
The inn’s name marks 1790, the year of Savannah’s first free election of a mayor and city council, not the year the building went up. Per the inn, the western part was built between 1821 and 1823 by Steel White as a duplex, and the smaller eastern section by the Powers family in 1888; the MPC Historic Building Map dates 130-132 Lincoln Street to 1821 and 305-307 President Street to 1888. The slate-floored ground level is thought to date from an earlier structure, possibly lost in the fire of 1820. A three-story guest house across the street on York, part of the inn, was built in 1875.
The ghost story
Guests staying in Room 204 report jewelry and clothing moved and bedcovers disturbed, attributed by inn lore to 'Anna', a young bride said to have fallen from a third-floor window in the early 1800s. Staff report a boy ghost, 'Thaddeus', who leaves pennies in the tavern.
Source: 1790restaurant.com
Good to know
- Parking: on-site paid
- No elevator
- No pets
- Address: 307 E. President Street, Savannah, GA 31401
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Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.