Walter Charlton Hartridge Jr.

Walter Charlton Hartridge Jr. (February 9, 1914 – August 19, 1974) was an American scholar, preservationist and author. He was president of the Georgia Historical Society between 1952 and 1961, established Savannah Restorations, a preservation company, and was involved in the preservation of several buildings in his hometown of Savannah, Georgia, including the Olde Pink House, the William Scarborough House and the Isaiah Davenport House.

Early life Hartridge was born in 1914 in Savannah, Georgia, to Captain Walter Charlton Hartridge Sr. and his second wife, Catharine Honoria McIntire. He attended Pape School in Savannah, then Loomis Chaffee School in Windsor, Connecticut. He received a B.A. in History, cum laude, from Harvard University in 1936. Two years later, he received a master's degree in Architectural History from Harvard.

Career Hartridge wrote several genealogical articles in journals of historical note, as well as the text to accompany Christopher Murray's 1947 publication Savannah: Etchings and Drawings.

His grandfather was U.S. Representative Julian Hartridge, and his great-grandfather was judge and U.S. District Attorney Robert Milledge Charlton.

Death Hartridge died in 1974, aged 60.