Extreme Home Makeover: Savannah Edition

The striking home, designed by Hansen Architects, invites passersby to stop and consider it — not only for its welcoming presence where a cramped, dilapidated 1940s red brick carriage house once stood, but also for the story within its walls.

Photo by Richard Leo Johnson

The jewel-toned, two-story dwelling at the corner of 55th and Abercorn streets may have dethroned the Mercer Williams House as the most talked about and photographed residence in Savannah. That kind of thing happens when the national spotlight shines on the city like it did in 2010 as the popular (and tear-inducing) ABC show, “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” selected Jim and Carmen Simpson and their three children as the beneficiaries of a brand new home.