Christmas at Kehoe House
Kehoe House stands at 123 Habersham Street on Columbia Square, one of the quieter squares in Savannah.
In December, the view from the front steps is wreaths on neighboring doors, the live oaks over the fountain and, across the square, the Davenport House dressed for the season. For a romantic Christmas getaway in Savannah, it is a square made for slow mornings and evenings for two.
A Victorian Christmas for two
Kehoe House is an adults-only inn, and December here moves at a gentle pace. The day begins with breakfast made to order and brought to you on a silver tray. Afternoons are for wandering the squares at your own speed, and evenings begin in the parlor, where guests gather over wine and hors d'oeuvres before heading out to dinner or a concert.
Each of the 13 rooms is named for a figure from Savannah or Georgia history, so every stay comes with a small story of its own. In a house built in the late Victorian years, when Christmas as we know it took shape around the parlor, the season feels at home. It is a place for couples who want Christmas Eve in Savannah to feel unhurried, with the city close by and the door closed on the rest of the world.
What's on near us
Historic homes dressed for the season. The Davenport House, on our own square, and the Owens-Thomas House, a block away, are decorated for the holidays in period style.
Holiday Pops. The Savannah Philharmonic plays its holiday program at the Lucas Theatre on December 5 and 6.
Christmas at the Cathedral. On December 20, choral music fills the Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist.
For details, see the historic homes and squares and Broughton Street sections of our Christmas in Savannah guide.
Kehoe house has a few tales of its own, best shared with a glass of wine in the parlor: read them here.
A Victorian Christmas on Columbia Square
Kehoe House was built in 1892 in the Queen Anne style, with ironwork cast at William Kehoe's own foundry. Across the square, the Davenport House Museum shows how a Savannah household kept Christmas some seventy years earlier, a fitting companion to a Victorian stay.
Christmas at Kehoe House
The house is decorated for the holidays through the season. Each morning brings breakfast made to order on a silver tray, and each evening, wine and hors d'oeuvres with fellow guests in the parlor.
More Christmas in Savannah
Our sister inns each see the season from another part of the city: East Bay Inn across from the Riverwalk, Eliza Thompson House on Jones Street, and The Gastonian near Forsyth Park. For the full calendar of holiday events, see our guide to Christmas in Savannah.
