Alfreds Eichberg News Today

As I type out this column on a computer in a busy downtown Monroe newspaper office, my mind wanders to a beach house deck overlooking the ocean on St. Simons

Of all of Savannah’s historical buildings, the Savannah Powder Magazine remains its most secret and remote—and for good reason. The Powder Magazine was built in 1898 to house the city’s supply of gunpowder and dynamite well away from populated areas so that if it accidentally blew up, it wouldn’t take the half the city with it. Mayor Peter Meldrim went all out and hired famous architects Alfred S. Eichberg and Hyman Witcover to design the magazine. Having designed the City Hall and Tel...