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The Mercer-Williams House in Savannah Georgia is known by many from the movie Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.
The house has had many owners, including a local Shriners Temple. The name of the house comes from two Savannah residents. Hugh Mercer started the construction which was interrupted during the Civil War. Mercer served as a general and is the great-grandfather of Capitol Records co-founder Johnny Mercer.
Jim Williams, was an antiques dealer and preservationist who had a large part in maintaining the historic district of Savannah.
Williams is the main character portrayed in the book that became a well known movie that recounts a 1981 shooting that occurred in the home and the subsequent murder trial.
Some believe the house is haunted due to the murder trial and an earlier accident where a boy lost his life after a fall from the three story home. Ghost tours explore the haunted history.
The home is now a museum that includes antiques collected by Jim Williams.
Calvin Hearns enjoys photography, travel, history and takes every opportunity to combine all three passions. After an early taste of international travel as a military kid, a new passport for work travel reignited the international travel bug. In 2019 he left a great corporate job to travel across Southeast Asia. As a visual journalist who believes that opinions are shaped by life experiences, he strives to give his audience a front-row seat to his adventures from around the world and around the block. Calvin is based in Dallas Ft. Worth.
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