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Orleans Square

Orleans Square was named for the 1815 victory of General Andrew "Old Hickory" Jackson in the Battle of New Orleans, during the War of 1812. The fountain was given in 1989 by Savannah's German heritage organizations, one of the many groups included and treasured in Savannah's ethnic diversity. Orleans Square was added to the city plan in 1815.

--Visitor's Guide to Savannah

Orleans Square
1. Savannah Civic Center
Built on the site of the Bulloch-Habersham House, designed by William Jay (c.1820) and razed by the city of Savannah in 1914.
2. Champion-McAlpin-Fowlkes House
(1842) 230 Barnard Street. Two-story Corinthian columns on a masterpiece of Greek Revival architecture.
3. 114 and 116 West Hull Street
(1817), at the corner of West Hull and Barnard. With tin roofs and twin dormers, these houses were designed in 1817 by John Ash.

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