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1770 plan of Savannah showing the first six squares. The Savannah River and "north" are to the bottom of the image. In addition to the first four squares—Johnson, Wright, St. James and Ellis—this map also shows the later-constructed Reynolds and Oglethorpe Squares. The city of Savannah was founded in 1733 by General James Oglethorpe ...
There are 22 squares in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Each contains eight wards composed of four residential "tything" blocks and four civic ("trust") blocks , now known as the Oglethorpe Plan .
Ellis Square is one of the 22 squares of Savannah, Georgia, United States. It is located in the northernmost row of the city's five rows of squares, on Barnard Street and West St. Julian Street, and was one of the first four squares laid out.
The Savannah Historic District is a large urban U.S. historic district that roughly corresponds to the pre–Civil War city limits of Savannah, Georgia. The area was declared a National Historic Landmark District in 1966, [1] [3] and is one of the largest urban, community-wide historic preservation districts in the United States. [4]
The maps have been digitized by the Digital Library of Georgia. [8] In 2021, five volumes of Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps of Savannah , spanning 1916 through 1973, were donated by the Chatham County–Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission Historic Preservation Department to the Municipal Archives to ensure their preservation and continued ...
Staten Island Mall is a shopping mall in New Springville, Staten Island, New York City, opened in 1973.It is the only indoor shopping mall in the borough. [1] It is the largest retail center on the island and is the site of the island's third-largest public transit hub after the St. George Terminal and Eltingville Transit Center, with numerous bus routes that connect to the periphery of the ...
The square contains a fountain commemorating the 250th anniversary of the founding of the Georgia colony, donated by the Colonial Dames of Georgia in 1984, as well as cobblestone sidewalks. [2] [3] [4] Adjacent to the square is the Roman Catholic Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist.
Whitefield Square (/ ˈ hw ɪ t f iː l d /) is one of the 22 squares of Savannah, Georgia, United States. It is located in the southernmost row of the city's five rows of squares, on Habersham Street and East Wayne Street, and was the final square laid out, [ 1 ] in 1851. [ 2 ]