Orleans Square is one of the 22 squares of Savannah, Georgia, United States. It is located in the middle row of the city's five rows of squares, on

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and West McDonough Street, and was laid out in 1815, shortly after the event it commemorates: General

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's victory at the

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that January. It is south of Telfair Square, west of

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and north of

Pulaski Square Pulaski 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 Barnard Street and West Macon Street, and was laid out in 1837. It is south of Orleans Square, ...

. The oldest building on the square is the

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, at 114–116 West Hull Street, which dates to 1817. In the center of the square, the German Memorial Fountain honors early

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immigrants to Savannah.Tour Guide Manual
for licensed tour guides in the City of Savannah, accessed June 16, 2007. Installed in 1989, it commemorates the 250th anniversary of Georgia and of Savannah, as well as the 300th anniversary of the arrival in Philadelphia of thirteen

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families.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.

Dedication

Markers and structures

Constituent buildings

Each building below is in one of the eight blocks around the square composed of four residential "tything" blocks and four civic ("trust") blocks, now known as the

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. They are listed with construction years where known. ;Northwestern residential/tything block *Oglethorpe House, 201 West Oglethorpe Avenue (1964) – formerly the Downtowner Motor Inn ;Southwestern residential/tything block *Frederick Tebeau House, 101 West Perry Street (1836) – remodeled in 1876; moved from 16 West Liberty Street in the 1980s *John Martin/A.J. Miller Duplex, 105–107 West Perry Street (1872) – by DeWitt Bruyn *Laura Mehrtens House, 109 West Perry Street (1904) *Mordecai Myers House, 111 West Perry Street (1833) – third floor added c. 1880 *Henry Hayme Duplex, 113–115 West Perry Street (1887) – by Calvin Fay and

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*John Morel Property, 117–119 West Perry Street (1818) – remodeled in 1875 ;Northeastern residential/tything block *John Ash House, 114–116 West Hull Street (1817)Historic Building Map: Savannah Historic District
– Historic Preservation Department of the Chatham County-Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission (November 17, 2011), p. 36 – oldest building on the square ;Southeastern civic/trust block *

Harper Fowlkes House Harper Fowlkes House is a historic building in Savannah, Georgia, United States. It is located at 230 Barnard Street, in the southeastern trust lot of Orleans Square, and was built in 1844. It is in the Greek Revival style.

, 230 Barnard Street (1844)

Gallery

File:Frederick Tebeau House.jpg, Frederick Tebeau House, 101 West Perry Street File:John Martin-A.J. Miller Duplex.jpg, John Martin/A.J. Miller Duplex, 105–107 West Perry Street File:Laura Mehrtens House.jpg, Laura Mehrtens House, 109 West Perry Street File:Mordecai Myers House.jpg, Mordecai Myers House, 111 West Perry Street File:Henry Hayme Duplex.jpg, Henry Hayme Duplex, 113–115 West Perry Street File:John Morel Property.jpg, John Morel Property, 117-119 West Perry Street File:Champion-McAlpin-Fowlkes house, 230 Barnard Street, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia.jpg, The Harper Fowlkes House, 230 Barnard Street File:John Ash House, 114-116 West Hull Street, Savannah, Chatham County, GA.jpg, John Ash House, 114–116 West Hull Street File:Hotels -- Downtowner Motor Inn.jpg, The former Downtowner Motor Inn, 201 West Oglethorpe Avenue, now home to SCAD's Oglethorpe House

References

{{Squares of Savannah, Georgia Orleans Square, Savannah 1815 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)