Marshall House Origins
The Marshall House was constructed in 1851 by Mary Magdalene Marshall, a Savannah property owner and developer. The four-story hotel was built on Broughton Street, Savannah’s main commercial corridor.
Marshall, born in 1783 to cabinetmaker Gabriel Leaver, inherited property after her father died in 1795. She expanded those holdings throughout the early 1800s and became a leading local investor.
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