Why it matters
Chatham Square is named for William Pitt, the Earl of Chatham, who famously opposed Britain's taxation of the American colonies. The square sits in the southwest ward, framed by antebellum townhouses that survived Savannah's various fires and urban pressures.
This part of the historic district is quiet and well-preserved, with little of the commercial activity that marks the central squares. Walking here after the busy stretches of City Market or Bull Street, the city's residential past becomes legible again.
Every street in the historic district is an argument for slowness.