Ardsley Park stands apart as a popular pre-war neighborhood. Established in 1911, Savannah’s first planned neighborhood has a tree canopy that’s as impressive as the stately homes that occupy the perfectly planned blocks.

Home styles incorporate a beautiful combination of elegant mansions and quaint craftsman bungalows, all poised perfectly on tree-lined streets punctuated by green grass and public spaces with easy access to shopping, dining, medical facilities and more.

ARDSLEY PARK-CHATHAM CRESCENT
The Ardsley Park-Chatham Crescent neighborhood, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985, is bounded by Victory Drive, 55th Street, Bull Street and Waters Avenue. Originally founded in 1910 as two distinct, adjacent planned subdivisions, Ardsley Park’s design reflects Oglethorpe’s original plan for Savannah, with regular grids of homes interspersed with generous public open spaces.

Developers Harry Hays and William Lattimore envisioned the area as Savannah’s first auto- oriented subdivision. Chatham Crescent’s grand mall — the palm-lined linear park in front of Savannah Arts Academy with curved streets and circular pocket parks — is a Beaux Arts- influenced masterpiece of urban design. Both subdivisions were developed on what was once open pasture. The renowned course for the historic Savannah motor races of 1910, 1911 and 1912on Waters Avenue marks the eastern edge of the neighborhood. Ardsley Park offers a unique mix of housing styles, from grand two-story brick homes along Abercorn Street to modest bungalows along numbered streets.

ARDMORE AND CHATHAM TERRACE
By the 1930s, Savannah needed more auto-oriented housing, and the Lattimore brothers developed Ardmore and Chatham Terrace. Ardmore – which is bounded by 52nd Street, 55th Street, Habersham Street and Atlantic Avenue – includes diamond-shaped Hull Park, with its fountain, playground and baseball field.

The area is similar in style to Ardsley Park, but features smaller, freestanding brick bungalows and a scattering of modest two-story multifamily buildings. Immediately to the east is Chatham Terrace, which was originally created by extending Waters Avenue.