Greene 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.

Greene Square was laid out in 1799 and named after General Nathanael Green who was a Revolutionary War hero and an aide to George Washington. This square was important to the African-American community with the Second African Baptist Church sitting on the northeast Trust Lot. Green Palm Inn which are two seamen's cottages from approximately 1897 sit on this square which is located on Houston, between State and York Streets.

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.

Originally there were to be six squares in the city, yet with the city growing in size the grid and squares were extended and there are now twenty four squares. The square has helped to stabilize neighborhood in Savannah that were deteriorating and have revitalized the downtown commercial district. The squares are a major tourist destination with millions of people visiting the squares each year.