Nestled into the hip and utterly charming Thomas Square Streetcar District, 18 East 34th Street boasts a timeless elegance that feels very much of the moment.

Savannah’s Thomas Square Streetcar District takes its name from Thomas Square Park, its geographic center, and the iconic trolley lines that plied the city’s streets from the 1880s through the roaring 1920s, driving the area’s sprawl. Stitched together from more than 1,100 preserved buildings, this side of town is truly a step back in time — so much that it was designated a National Historic Landmark District in 1997.  Today, the neighborhood, an Instagram favorite, is known for its chic cafes, stylish boutiques, and art galleries, many featuring artists from the nearby Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD).

Built in 1882, this gem of a Greek Revival exemplifies the area’s vintage and wonderfully varied housing stock, which includes broad representation by the Colonial Revival, Queen Anne Victorian, and Italianate styles, interspersed with Beaux-Arts mansions as well as more modest wood cottages and row houses. The 5,513-square-foot home offers five bedrooms, three full bathrooms, and two powder rooms, along with a carriage house apartment tucked out back.

Enter from the spacious front porch and you’re greeted with a front-to-back entry hall graced with a grand staircase. Other architectural details include stately front porch columns, an elegant two-tiered front walkway, built-ins, high ceilings, mouldings, hardwood floors, wide doorways and hallways, and oversized windows that flood the rooms with bright natural light. Modern touches include updated and stylish bathrooms and rooftop solar panels that put a serious dent in the monthly utility bills.

Other amenities in the fully renovated home include a butler’s pantry with wood cabinetry, a two-car garage, a flat back yard, privacy landscaping, multiple fireplaces with decorative mantels, a canopy of live oak trees, and a lovely second-floor balcony above the front porch that’s just the spot to take afternoon tea and watch the time go by.