Lafayette Square (Savannah, Georgia)
Lafayette 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 Abercorn Street and East Macon Street, and was laid out in 1837. It is south of Colonial Park Cemetery, west of Troup Square, north of Taylor Square and east of Madison Square. The square is named for Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, the French hero of the American Revolution who visited Savannah in 1825. The oldest building on the square is the Andrew Low Carriage House, at 329 Abercorn Street, which dates to 1849.
Flannery O'Connor's childhood home stands in the southeastern tything lot of the square
Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist, 222 East Harris Street
Hamilton-Turner Inn, 330 Abercorn Street
Battersby–Hartridge–Anderson House, 119 East Charlton Street
Abercorn Street is a prominent street in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Located between Drayton Street to the west and Lincoln Street to the east, it runs for about 7.8 miles (12.6 km) from East Bay Street in the north to Harry S. Truman Parkway in the south. It is concurrent with SR 204 from 37th Street south. The street is named for James Hamilton, 6th Earl of Abercorn, a financial benefactor of the Georgia colony. Its northern section passes through the Savannah Historic District, a National Historic Landmark District.
Abercorn Street at Oglethorpe Avenue, looking northeast, 2011
The Hamilton–Turner Inn in Lafayette Square