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Our Coast :: Savannah City Guide :: Visiting
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May 12, 2008
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Franklin Square
Laid out in 1790, Water Tank Square was later renamed to honor Benjamin Franklin, who served as the colonists' agent in London from 1768-1775. It was Franklin that sent seeds of the Chinese tallow tree to Noble Wimberly Jones in Georgia, with a note saying that he hoped they'd flourish. Flourish they did, and now this tree even grows wild in the woods, with leaves like Chinese lanterns and "popcorn" seed pods for flower arrangers to harvest in autumn. Neglected a while, Franklin Square has recently been recreated and reinstated, bringing Savannah's squares to a total of twenty-one.
--Visitor's Guide to Savannah
| Franklin Square
1. City Market
309 West St. Julian Street. Formerly seed and feed warehouses, now a bustling beehive of restaurants, shops, and artists' studios.
2. First African Baptist Church
(1859) Montgomery Street on Franklin Square. Oldest African-American church in North America; building constructed by slave hands. |
Map | Next Stop: Johnson Square
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