Jones Street (Savannah, Georgia)

Jones Street
Jones Street, 2010
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Location within Savannah
NamesakeMajor John Jones
Length1.04 mi (1.67 km)
LocationSavannah, Georgia, U.S.
Coordinates32°4′21.02″N 81°5′40″W / 32.0725056°N 81.09444°W / 32.0725056; -81.09444
West endWest Boundary Street
East endEast Broad Street

Jones Street is a historic street in Savannah, Georgia, United States. It is named for major John Jones, aide-de-camp to brigadier general Lachlan McIntosh at the 1779 siege of Savannah during the American Revolutionary War.[1]

The street stretches just over 1 mile (1.6 km), from West Boundary Street in the west to East Broad Street in the east. It lies near the center of the Savannah Historic District.[2] The street name changes at Bull Street, a north–south thoroughfare, becoming East Jones Street and West Jones Street, respectively. They separate Madison Square and Monterey Square, two of Bull Street's southernmost squares.

Jones Street has been described as one of the most charming streets in America.[1][3] Several of its homes were built by John Scudder, who — with his brother, Ephraim — also built Scudder's Row on Monterey Square.[4]

The street is interrupted between Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Montgomery Street by an off-ramp from Interstate 16, allowing direct access to Savannah's Historic District at Montgomery Street.[5][6]

In a 2016 study, Jones Street was one of several Savannah streets considered to be a "complete street" connection that "provide[d] safe, comfortable and convenient movement for pedestrians, bikes, vehicles, and alternative modes of transportation."[7]

Jones Street passes through six wards (from west to east): Currie Town, Pulaski, Jasper, Lafayette, Troup and Bartow.

  1. ^ a b "Jones Street, Savannah, Ga". GoSouthSavannah. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
  2. ^ McMillan, Cecily Deegan (October 16, 1983). "Making Yourself At Home". The New York Times. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
  3. ^ Schild, Darcy (October 16, 2019). "The most charming streets in America". Business Insider. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
  4. ^ Savannah, Immortal City: Volume One of the Civil War Savannah Series - Barry Sheehy, Cindy Wallace, Vaughnette Goode-Walker (2011), p. 329
  5. ^ Jacobs (December 2015). I-16 Interchange Modification Report (PDF). Chatham County–Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission. p. 2. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
  6. ^ "West Jones Street". Google Street View. January 2019. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
  7. ^ Buker, Allison (Spring 2016). Mapping the Morphological History of Westside Savannah: History, Analysis, + Future Development Considerations (PDF). School of City and Regional Planning, College of Architecture, Georgia Institute of Technology. Retrieved March 21, 2021.