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Elbert Square

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1801; 1935–1937 partially destroyed

Following the model of the expansion ward squares to its north, Elbert Square was roughly half the size of the squares created by Oglethorpe. A decorative mound (one of at least four erected in the city’s squares in 1872) stood here until at least 1897. A paltry strip of grass, azaleas, and some trees are all that remains on this site, victim of the 1935 straightening of Montgomery Street to accommodate U.S. 17, which also destroyed Liberty and Franklin squares.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Robin B. Williams with David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler
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What's Nearby

Savannah Civic Center
Kiah Hall, SCAD (Gray Building, Central of Georgia Railroad)
Eichberg Hall, SCAD (Red Building, Central of Georgia Railroad)
SCAD Museum of Art (Up-Freight Warehouse, Central of Georgia Railroad)
Oglethorpe House, SCAD (Downtowner Motor Inn)

Citation

Robin B. Williams with David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler, "Elbert Square", [Savannah, Georgia], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/GA-02-5.13.

Print Source

Buildings of Savannah, Robin B. Williams. With David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2016, 99-99.

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