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Our Coast :: Savannah City Guide :: Visiting
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May 12, 2008
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 Reynolds Square
Mapped out in 1734 as Lower New Square, Reynolds Square was home to the Filature, where cocoons were brought and silk woven. Hopes for a flourishing silk industry were dashed when fire destroyed the Filature in 1758. The square was renamed for John Reynolds, first Royal Governor of Georgia. The statue, by sculptor Marshall Daugherty, is of the Rev. John Wesley and was dedicated by the Methodist Church in 1979. Mr Wesley wears clerical vestments of the Church of England.
--Visitor's Guide to Savannah
 | Reynolds Square
1. Lucas Theater
(1921), corner of Abercorn and Congress Streets. A 1920s movie palace now being restored.
2. Christ Church Parish House
18 Abercorn Street. Fourteen arched windows on a former cigar factory at the corner of Abercorn and Bryan Streets.
3. The Pink House
(c.1789) 23 Abercorn Street. One of the few buildings to survive the inferno of 1796 when over 200 houses were destroyed.
4. Oliver Sturges House
(c.1818) 27 Abercorn Street. Masterful masonry with earthquake rods, dolphin downspouts.
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