Oglethorpe Square

About This Square

Laid out in 1742, this was the last of the original six squares that James Oglethorpe, the founder of Savannah, would personally oversee. It was first named Upper New Square and later renamed for Oglethorpe.

There are no monuments here – the one to James Oglethorpe is, bewilderingly, in Chippewa Square and a WWII monument that was supposed to go here was too big so they put it on River Street. 

There is a marker, installed in 1933, in memory of the Moravian Colonists who came from Germany to create a mission for Native Americans.

Notable on this square is the Owens-Thomas house built between 1816 and 1819. It is made out of tabby – sand, shells, and lime – and it is one of the last remaining examples of the Regency Style of architecture in Savannah.  It is now a historic house museum operated by the Telfair Academy.