Savannah's 24 Historic Squares

The City of Savannah, Georgia, was laid out in 1733 around four open squares. Additional squares were added as the city population grew, and by 1851 there were twenty-four squares in the city. In the twentieth century three of the squares were demolished or altered beyond recognition, leaving twenty-one, however the "lost" squares have now been reclaimed. Most of Savannah's squares are named in honor or in memory of a person, persons or historical event, and many contain monuments, markers, memorials, statues, plaques, and other tributes.

Calhoun Square
Massie School
Wesley Monumental


Chatham Square
Barnard Row & The Barnard Street School


Chippewa Square
(James Edward Oglethorpe)
First Baptist Church, Moses Eastman House, Independent Presbyterian Church


Columbia Square
(Wormsloe Fountain)
Frederick Ball house, Kehoe House, The Stone House, The Universalist Church


Crawford Square
(William Harris Crawford)


Elbert Square
(Samuel Elbert, Revolutionary Soldier)
Once contained "Flame of Freedom"


Ellis Square
(Henry Ellis)
Once contained Old City Market


Franklin Square
(Benjamin Franklin)
Haiti Soldiers War Memorial
First African Baptist Church, City Market


Greene Square
(Gen. Nathanial Greene)
Meyerhoff House, Second African Baptist Church, Savannah Female Orphan Asylum


Johnson Square
(Robert Johnson)
First city square, Christ Church, Nathanial Greene Monument


LaFayette Square
Original city jail location
Andrew Low House, Battersby-Hartridge House, Hamilton Turner House Flannery O’Connor House, Cathedral of St John The Baptist


Liberty Square
"Sons of Liberty"
"Flame of Freedom" location


Madison Square
(President James Madison)
St John’s Episcopal Church, Green Meldrim House, Scottish Rite Temple Savannah Volunteer Guards Armory, The Desoto Hilton Hotel


Monterey Square
(The Irish Jasper Greens)
Temple Mickve Israel, Noble Hardee House, Mercer Wilder House, Oglethorpe Club, Pulaski Monument


Oglethorpe Square
(James Edward Oglethorpe)
Owens-Thomas House, Baptist Center


Orleans Square
(Heroes of the War of 1812)
Champion-McAlpin House, Civic Center, Harper Fowlkes House



Pulaski Square
(Count Casimir Pulaski)
SCAD dormitory (former JEA building), Frances Bartow house


Reynolds Square
(James Reynolds)


Telfair Square
(Edward Telfair)
Telfair Academy of Arts & Sciences Museum
Trinity Methodist Church


Troup Square
(George Michael Troup)
Row Houses, Kennedy Row
Center piece is The Armillary Sphere


Warren Square
(Gen. Joseph Warren)
Spencer House


Washington Square
(George Washington)
The Seaman’s House, The Mulberry Inn


Whitefield Square
(Rev. George Whitefield)
Last of the city squares
Red Cross, Rose of Sharon, First Congressional Church


Wright Square
(James Wright)
Former Court House offices, Lutheran Church of the Ascension, Post Office, William Washington Gordon Monument, Tomochichi boulder