page_title: Savannah Law School
section_title: Campus
hierarchical_section_title: Savannah Law School / Campus
caption_attribution_description: English: Photo of Savannah Law School
context_page_description: Savannah Law School is a private, for-profit law school in Savannah, Georgia. The school will cease all operations by 2021 and is no longer accepting applications.
context_section_description: Savannah Law School began in the historic former Warren A. Candler Hospital building on Forsyth Park in downtown Savannah.  Constructed in 1819 among 26 Seaman's hospitals chartered by an Act of Congress in 1791, the building is the oldest hospital in the state of Georgia, and was used as such until 1980.  The building served as both a Confederate and Union hospital during the Civil War. Several tenants occupied the building sporadically from 1980 until 2009.
  In 2012, the Historic Preservation Board approved Savannah Law School's comprehensive restoration of the 110,000 square foot facility.  The renovations met federal historic preservation standards and were completed in 2014. The project represents one of the largest efforts to restore an historic property in the United States. In 2015, The Victorian Society in America and the Savannah Historic Preservation Board honored Savannah Law School with Preservation Awards for the renovation.  The building was sold to Savannah College of Art and Design in 2018 and precipitated the shutdown of the law school.
  The Candler Oak Tree is located on the campus.  In 2004, it was placed on the National Register of Historic Trees. At approximately 300 years of age, it is thought to be one of the oldest living landmarks in the region. The Savannah Tree Foundation holds a conservation easement to the tree and helps care for the tree along with the law school.  The law school adopted the tree as its logo.
caption: Savannah Law School
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