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Oglethorpe Square

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1734

Oglethorpe Square (originally Upper New Square) commemorates Savannah’s founder. From 1874 until at least 1897, a decorative stone mound occupied its southeast corner and was crowned by a cast-iron vase. Unique among the mounds erected in the city’s squares during the 1870s, this was privately built (despite being in a public space) by Captain Henry J. Dickerson, who lived across York Street from this site. Streetcar tracks crossed the square from 1877 until 1946 in line with Abercorn Street. The modest columnar monument (1933, Henrik Wallin and Max Kleinstuber) honors the Moravian colonists of 1735–1740, who maintained a mission to Native Americans in the area.

Writing Credits

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

Owens-Thomas House
Jen Library, SCAD (Levy’s Department Store)
Owens-Thomas House (Richard Richardson House)
The Marshall House
Lott and Barber (Standard Oil Station)

Citation

Robin B. Williams with David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler, "Oglethorpe Square", [Savannah, Georgia], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/GA-02-2.17.

Print Source

Buildings of Savannah, Robin B. Williams. With David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2016, 45-45.

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