Lincoln Street

Lincoln Street
	Lincoln Street at Park Avenue (1934)
Namesake	Benjamin Lincoln
Length	2 mi (3.2 km)
Location	Savannah, Georgia, U.S.
North end	East Bay Street
South end	East Victory Drive (U.S. Route 80)

Lincoln Street is a prominent street in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Located between Abercorn Street to the west and Habersham Street to the east, it runs for about 2 miles (3.2 km) from East Bay Street in the north to East Victory Drive (U.S. Route 80) in the south. It is named for Benjamin Lincoln, a Revolutionary War hero.^[1] The street is one-way (northbound) south of Colonial Park Cemetery, which interrupts it between East Oglethorpe Avenue and East Perry Lane. The Lincoln Street Ramp leads down through Factors Walk to River Street and the Savannah River waterfront. Its northern section passes through the Savannah Historic District, a National Historic Landmark District.^[2]

Lincoln Street runs beside eight squares. From north to south:

Notable buildings and structures

Below is a selection of notable buildings and structures on Lincoln Street, all in Savannah's Historic District. From north to south:^[3]

9 Lincoln Street (1853). In 2022, a judge ordered the building be demolished after a structural engineer found it to be "dangerous and unsound." It was subsequently decided that the building could be remodeled, with its historic materials kept intact.^[4]
17 Lincoln Street (1852)
Gordon–Anderson Building ("President's Quarters Inn"), 127–131 Lincoln Street (1855)
Joseph Sognier Property (I), 133–135 Lincoln Street (1886)
Joseph Gammon Property, 134 Lincoln Street (1843)
Joseph Sognier Property (II), 139–141 Lincoln Street (1886)
John Staley Duplex, 346–348 Lincoln Street (1853)
John Schwarz Row House, 436–442 Lincoln Street (1867)