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Crawford Square

Savannah, Italy

Crawford Square

Crawford Square is one of the 22 squares of Savannah, Georgia, United States. It is located in the middle row of the city's five rows of squares, on Houston Street and East McDonough Street, and was laid out in 1841. It is south of Greene Square and east of Colonial Park Cemetery on the eastern edge

of the Savannah Historic District. The oldest building on the square is at 224 Houston Street, which dates to 1850. Crawford Square is named in honor of Secretary of the Treasury William Harris Crawford. Crawford ran for the U.S. presidency in 1824 but came in third, behind John Quincy Adams and runner-up Andrew Jackson. Although Crawford is the smallest of the squares, it anchors the largest ward, as Crawford Ward includes the territory of Colonial Park Cemetery. During the era of Jim Crow, this was the only square in which African-Americans were permitted. The square contains playground facilities, a basketball court, and a gazebo. While all squares were once fenced, it is the only one that remains so. Crawford Square has also retained its cistern, a holdover from early fire fighting practices. After a major fire in 1820 firemen maintained duty stations in the squares, each of which was...

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