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Taylor Square, formerly known as Calhoun Square, is one of the 22 squares of Savannah, Georgia, United States.Laid out in 1851 south of Lafayette Square, west of Whitefield Square, and east of Monterey Square, it is named in honor of Susie King Taylor, an educator, memoirist, and the first Black nurse to serve in the American Civil War.
Situated between the Davenport House and Historic Savannah Foundation headquarters, Columbia Square is at the center of Savannah's preservation legacy. ... formerly known as Calhoun Square. When ...
The recent christening of Taylor Square changed the cultural landscape of Savannah. ... Savannah City Council removed Calhoun’s name, in effect unnaming the square, and then went through a ...
The square also includes a monument marking the center of the British resistance during the siege. [3] In 1971 Savannah Landscape Architect Clermont Huger Lee and Mills B. Lane planned and initiated a project to install new walk patterns with offset sitting areas and connecting walks at curbs, add new benches, lighting and planting. [21]
The oak-shaded square that will bear Taylor's name near the southern edge of Savannah’s downtown historic district had spent 170 years named for John C. Calhoun, a former U.S. vice president ...
Buildings in Taylor Square (formerly Calhoun Square), one of 22 squares in Savannah, Georgia, United States.Each building is in one of the eight blocks around the square composed of four residential "tything" blocks and four civic ("trust") blocks, now known as the Oglethorpe Plan.
The city council of Savannah, Georgia, voted Thursday to rename a downtown square after Susie King Taylor, a Black woman who once taught slaves to read and write.
Wright Square (Savannah, Georgia) (2 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Squares of Savannah, Georgia" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.