Mary Telfair, the last surviving sister, inherited the mansion and left it in trust to the Georgia Historical Society to be maintained as a library and academy of arts and sciences, open to the public. The museum has survived. Some cities, like Atlanta, are loyal to their native design professionals. Savannah has the opposite reputation, yet there are real advantages to employing local talent as principals in a project. If additional expertise is needed, the local professional can recommend a collaborator.
All parties gain in experience that way and costly mistakes can be avoided.
The Telfair Board of Trustees is proposing a new annex which is controversial artistically, climatically and legally. Historically, one would expect the museum to be actively working to assure that new construction on Telfair Square is compatible with the exceptionally rated Trinity United Methodist Church and its trust lot partner, the former Telfair mansion. I am a little upset. Recently, a horrible man tried to do harm to two precious little girls. When this incident happened, the police were on it right away and the man was caught the next day.