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| Namesake | James Madison |
|---|---|
| Maintained by | City of Savannah |
| Location | Savannah, Georgia, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 32°04′25″N 81°05′38″W / 32.0735°N 81.0939°W |
| North | Bull Street |
| East | East Macon Street |
| South | Bull Street |
| West | West Macon Street |
| Construction | |
| Completion | 1837 |
Madison Square is one of the 22 squares of Savannah, Georgia, United States. It is located in the fourth row of the city's five rows of squares, on Bull Street and Macon Street, and was laid out in 1837. It is south of Chippewa Square, west of Lafayette Square, north of Monterey Square and east of Pulaski Square. The square is named for James Madison, fourth president of the United States. The oldest building on the square is the Sorrel–Weed House, at 6 West Harris Street, which dates to 1840.[1]
In the center of the square is the William Jasper Monument, an 1888 work by Alexander Doyle memorializing Sergeant William Jasper, a soldier in the siege of Savannah who, though mortally wounded, recovered his company's banner.[2] Savannahians sometimes refer to this as Jasper Square, in honor of Jasper's statue.[3]
Madison Square features a vintage cannon from the Savannah Armory.[4] These now mark the starting points of the first highways in Georgia, the Ogeechee Road, leading to Darien, and the Augusta Road.[2][5]
The square also includes a monument marking the center of the British resistance during the siege.[6]
The Masonic Hall, at 341 Bull Street, was designed by Hyman Witcover, also the architect of Savannah City Hall.[7]
In 1971 Savannah landscape architect Clermont Huger Lee and Mills B. Lane planned and initiated a project to install new walk patterns with offset sitting areas and connecting walks at curbs, add new benches, lighting and planting.[8]
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mpc49was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b City of Savannah's monuments page This page links directly to numerous short entries, many accompanied by photographs, discussing a variety of monuments, memorials, etc., in the squares and elsewhere. Accessed June 16, 2007.
- ^ Chan Sieg (1984). The squares: an introduction to Savannah. Virginia Beach: Donning.
- ^ Savannah Scene magazine, May–June 2007, pp 10–11, accessed June 16, 2007.
- ^ Our Coast's guide to Savannah's Squares, accessed June 16, 2007. Site features an excellent interactive map of Savannah's squares and numerous photographs.
- ^ See Savannah by T.D. Conner (2001), accessed June 14, 2007
- ^ Savannah, Whip Morrison Triplett, 2006, p. 82 ISBN 9780738542096
- ^ Dolder, Ced (Spring 2014). "Clermont Lee, (1914-2006) Pioneering Savannah Landscape Architect" (PDF). Magnolia – Publication of the Southern Garden History Society. XXVII (2): 4. Retrieved 16 February 2020.