Why it matters
Whitefield Square is named for George Whitefield, the Methodist evangelist who spent time in Georgia founding Bethesda orphanage. The square sits in the southeast ward and is one of Savannah's more intimate public spaces, centered on a Victorian bandstand gazebo.
The southeast quadrant of the historic district — Whitefield, Crawford, Calhoun — is a mix of Victorian and antebellum houses. This area was heavily developed in the late nineteenth century, giving it a slightly different character than the Federal and Regency blocks further north.
The smaller squares hold the city's domestic memory.