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City details rehabilitation plan for Springfield Terrace (Pearl Lee Smith) School, aiming for museum and community space

Savannah City Council · March 12, 2026

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Summary

Staff outlined rehabilitation and programming plans for the historic Springfield Terrace (Pearl Lee Smith) School using tourism product development and a National Park Service grant; schematic design is complete, RFPs are pending and construction is expected to start later this year with completion targeted in 2027.

Luciana Spricker (speaker 11), municipal archives and history officer, briefed council on plans to rehabilitate Springfield Terrace School (also known as Pearl Lee Smith School) as a cultural and community facility.

Spricker said the building — constructed in 1926 and vacant since 2012 — was listed…

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