&sq=&lang=&file=File:Savannah,_GA_USA_Telfair_Academy.JPG) Telfair Academy, in the northwest civic/trust block of the square | |
| Former name(s) | St. James Square |
|---|---|
| Namesake | Telfair family |
| Maintained by | City of Savannah |
| Location | Savannah, Georgia, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 32°04′43″N 81°05′40″W / 32.0785°N 81.0945°W |
| North | Barnard Street |
| East | West President Street |
| South | Barnard Street |
| West | West President Street |
| Construction | |
| Completion | 1733 |
Telfair Square is one of the 22 squares of Savannah, Georgia, United States. It is located in the second row of the city's five rows of squares, on Barnard Street and West President Street, and was laid out in 1733 as one of the first four squares. It is south of Ellis Square, west of Wright Square and north of Orleans Square. Liberty Square formerly stood to its west but was later paved over. The oldest building on the square is Telfair Academy, at 121 Barnard Street, which dates to 1818–1820.[1]
Originally named St. James Square, in honor of a green space in London, and marked one of the most fashionable neighborhoods in early Savannah,[2] it was renamed in 1883 to honor the Telfair family.[3] It is the only square honoring a family rather than an individual or an event. The Telfairs included former governor of Georgia Edward Telfair, Congressman Thomas Telfair (Edward Telfair's son), and his daughter Mary Telfair (1791–1875), benefactor of Savannah's Telfair Museum of Art. The square also contains tributes to the Girl Scouts of the USA, founded by Savannahian Juliette Gordon Low, and to the chambered nautilus.[4]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ Savannah Scene magazine, May–June 2007, pp 10–11, accessed June 16, 2007.
- ^ Tour Guide Manual for licensed tour guides in the City of Savannah, accessed June 16, 2007.