| Orleans Square | |
| Namesake: | Battle of New Orleans |
| Location: | Savannah, Georgia, U.S. |
| Maint: | City of Savannah |
| Coordinates: | 32.0763°N -81.0954°W |
| North: | Barnard Street |
| South: | Barnard Street |
| West: | West McDonough Street |
| East: | West McDonough Street |
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 Barnard Street and West McDonough Street, and was laid out in 1815, shortly after the event it commemorates: General Andrew Jackson's victory at the Battle of New Orleans that January. It is south of Telfair Square, west of Chippewa Square and north of Pulaski Square. The oldest building on the square is the John Ash House, at 114–116 West Hull Street, which dates to 1817.
In the center of the square, the German Memorial Fountain honors early German immigrants to Savannah.[1] 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 Rhenish families.[2]
Between 1820 and 1916, the Bulloch–Habersham House stood in the square. It was designed by William Jay.[3] Its demolition was described by historian John D. Duncan as "one of the worst cases of metropolitan malfeasance to be documented in an era when the preservation movement was just beginning to gain attention."[4]
| Object | Image | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|
| German Memorial Fountain | German Memorial Fountain in the square, completed in 1989. | ||
| German Memorial Fountain marker | German Memorial Fountain marker, erected and dedicated by the descendants of Savannah's early German settlers. |
See also: Buildings in Savannah Historic District.
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 Oglethorpe Plan. They are listed with construction years where known.