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Lafayette Square

Lafayette Square honors the Marquis de Lafayette, whose full name was Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert de Motier. Aide to George Washington in the War for American Independence, the Marquis visited Savannah in 1825 and spoke to cheering Savannahians. Lafayette Square dates from 1837. The fountain was given by the Savannah Town Committee of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Georgia. Colonial Dames headquarters, overlooking Lafayette Square, is the Andrew Low House Museum.

--Visitor's Guide to Savannah

Lafayette Square
1. Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist
Abercorn Street at Lafayette Square. Oldest Roman Catholic Church in Georgia.
2. Andrew Low House Museum
329 Abercorn Street. Headquarters of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Georgia.
3. Battersby-Hartridge-Anderson House
(1852) 119 East Charleton Street. A brick residence in a design that's typical in Charleston, rare in Savannah.
4. Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home
(c.1855) 207 East Charlton Street. High-stooped house museum with a schedule of lectures and readings.
5. Hamilton-Turner House
(1873) 330 Abercorn Street. Outstanding example of Second Empire architecture with four iron balconies; house museum and gift shop.

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