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The first mid-20^th Century Suburban Residential District to be listed in the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia

The Fairway Oaks-Greenview Subdivision consists of two contiguous, precedent setting mid-20^th Century suburban developments, representing the first upscale suburban residential development in Savannah to feature the now ubiquitous curvilinear street layout with cul-de-sacs and large multi-sized wooded lots. 
It was the first development of its kind in the region to successfully capitalize on new ideas about “country” living in the suburbs and a “country club” lifestyle fostered by its proximity to Bacon Park and the adjacent Live Oaks Golf Course.  In addition, the subdivision is also significant for the establishment of the Fairway Oaks Association (c1950), one of the earliest such homeowner associations in Savannah and in Georgia.

Fairway Oaks, the earlier and larger subdivision, was developed by Max Hostettler and James Richmond between 1950 and 1957. Development  took place from the south, nearest the park and golf course, with the oldest and largest houses, and to the north, with later and smaller houses.  The 175 houses built during this time represent a variety of traditional, modern and contemporary residential housing styles and types, many of which bear the distinct local feature of salvaged Savannah grey brick for exterior veneer.

Development of adjacent Greenview Subdivision was begun by Max Hostettler in 1956, as his Fairway Oaks development was nearing completion, and continued into the 1960s.  Greenview features an H-shaped street layout containing 39 building lots.  House types and styles are similar to those in Fairway Oaks, but the houses are larger and more architecturally elaborate.  Several houses were designed by noted Savannah architects including Juan C. Bertotto, Carl Helfrich, Jr., and John LeBey.  The Weis House (c1959), designed by internationally renowned Florida architect Mark Garrison Hampton, FAIA, - a principal practitioner of the ‘Sarasota School” of contemporary – was awarded “outstanding design in steel construction” for 1959 by Architectural Review Magazine.