Crawford Square

Located in Savannah are The Squares which the city was created around, they were originally created as a space for military exercises. Over the centuries many squares have been created in the honor of persons or historical events and contain markers or monuments.

Crawford Square was laid out in 1814 in honor of William Harris Crawford who was the Secretary of the Treasury and born in Savannah. This square is the smallest of the squares yet anchors the largest ward Crawford Ward which includes the territory of Colonia Park Cemetery. This square features playground facilities such as a basketball court and a gazebo. Also featured in this square is its cistern which stands from early fire fighting practices. A fire in 1820 led to storage cisterns being placed in each square.

Crawford Square stands on Houston, between Hull and Perry Streets on the eastern edge of the historic district of Savannah. The squares are a major tourist destination with millions of people visiting the squares each year.

Each square is approximately 200 feet from north to south and is intersected north-south and east-west by two-way streets. All traffic flows counterclockwise around the squares. The squares have been called, the most intelligent grid in American and is one of the finest diagrams for city organization and they are listed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.