301 Noble Jones

KING LODGING or TWO-TWINS | Whirlpool | Fireplace. True to Noble Wymberly Jones' fascination with horticulture, this large and luxurious room offers a magnificent 4-window view of Spanish moss swaying in the Southern breeze, and the city's living garden of Lafayette Square. The plush Victorian accommodations feature the Second Period French style 12-foot arched top doors, a working fireplace and sitting area. The handsome antique king bed can be split into two twins. A settee, rocker, secretary desk and marble-top bar complete the room. The beautiful bath is spacious with double sinks and whirlpool tub/shower.

This room is a favorite for anniversary getaways, a uniquely romantic honeymoon or destination wedding with family. Contact Savannah's family-friendly luxury inn

Tariff: $325

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About Noble Jones. Noble Jones, the elder, was born in the village of Lambeth near London. He was acquainted with Savannah founder General James Oglethorpe before 1732, and a compatriot to Oglethorpe with entrusted responsibilities from the very beginning of the colony. Jones, his wife Sarah, his son Noble Wymberly Jones (b. 1720s) age 10 and daughter Mary, age 3, all sailed on the first voyage of the ship Anne from England.

Jones is identified as a carpenter on the passenger list. Noble Jones served as Oglethorpe's first constable, Indian agent, surveyor (laying out New Ebenezer and Augusta) and member of the Royal Council. Noble Jones also served as the colony's physician after the doctor died during a tragic fever epidemic. He was also one of few original settlers to survive hunger, plague, Indians, Spaniards and a new environment … that included alligators and potential for hurricane.

In 1736 Noble Jones leased 500 acres ten miles south of Savannah for his Wormslow Plantation (now Wormsloe). Noble Jones built the plantation to attempt silkworm raising and to guard Savannah from the Spanish in Florida. Two other colonists, John Fallowfield and Henry Parker, joined Jones on this "Isle of Hope," originally called “Parkersburg.”

The younger Noble Wymberly Jones, an active patriot in 1774, corresponding with Franklin who was then in England, was trained for a medical career by his father, who also set him an example of government service. In 1752 when Georgia became a Royal Colony, Jones received a Royal Grant for his Wormslow holdings. Jones was on hand to help supervise the elaborate festivities welcoming President George Washington to Savannah in 1791. The mile-and-a-half promenade entrance is lined with 400 oak live trees, planted as seedlings in the early 1890's by Wymberly Jones DeRenne to celebrate the birth of his son, Wymberly Wormsloe DeRenne. The trees were put there with the knowledge that his grandchildren and great-grandchildren would live to enjoy them.