It was another great day at The Pirates House for the RCSE weekly meeting! Jamie Credle, Executive Director of the Isaiah Davenport House, was our speaker and she informed us about all the Isaiah Davenport House has to offer.
Mr. Davenport was a builder and built the home almost 200 years ago. This past year, the house had 48,000 visitors with some coming all the way from Saudi Arabia, Russia, Australia and Scotland. The mission of the house is to educate visitors about early 19th century life in Savannah. They have a lot of programs which help raise money in order to perpetuate the mission. Some of the programs include early 19th century dance lessons, significance of tea with a tea party, and an Opera performance hosted by the Savannah Voice Festival. They also raise money by renting out the garden and the Kennedy Pharmacy for weddings and parties.
The Isaiah Davenport House has 22 paid docents and almost 50 volunteer docents. They have a student mentor program where students from Savannah Arts learn how to become docents. The current exhibit is about African American's who were slaves during the 19th century at the Davenport House. Urban slavery is a story that needs to be told about Savannah history and the Isaiah Davenport House is a perfect example of just that.