[4][5] This, combined with the razing of Savannah's popular City Market in Ellis Square, to be replaced by a parking garage, prompted a public outcry.

[6] The following year, a funeral home was set to purchase the Isaiah Davenport House in Columbia Square and tear it down for a parking lot.

– Historic Savannah Foundation[5]Local journalist, artist and activist Anna Colquitt Hunter (1892–1985)[7] formed a group with six of her friends to block the demolition of the house and formed the Historic Savannah Foundation.

[5] The office of the foundation is in the southwest tything of the Columbia Square, at the Abraham Sheftall House, 321 East York Street.

[9] The Foundation bestows its highest honor, the Davenport Award, on select individuals.