Like the other squares of the 1790s, Liberty was roughly half the size of the Olgethorpe-era squares. The straightening of Montgomery Street as U.S. 17 in 1935 obliterated most of the square (together with Elbert and Franklin), leaving only a patch of green space in front of the Chatham County Courthouse (see 5.12) and another in front of the city parking garage across the street.
Robin B. Williams with David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler, "Liberty Square", [Savannah, Georgia], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/GA-02-5.10.
Buildings of Savannah, Robin B. Williams. With David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2016, 97-98.
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