Pulaski Square is one of the 22 squares of Savannah, Georgia, United States. It is located in the fourth row of the city's five rows of squares, on

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and West Macon Street, and was laid out in 1837. It is south of Orleans Square, west of

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and north of

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. It is known for its

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s. The oldest buildings on the square are the Theodosius Bartow House (126 West Harris Street) and the Bernard Constantine House (218 West Harris Street), which date to 1839. The square is named for General

Casimir Pulaski Kazimierz Michał Władysław Wiktor Pułaski (; March 4 or 6, 1745 October 11, 1779), anglicised as Casimir Pulaski ( ), was a Polish nobleman, soldier, and military commander who has been called "The Father of American cavalry" or "The So ...

, a

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-born Revolutionary War hero who died of wounds received in the

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(1779).SavannahBest.com's ‘’Squares of Savannah’‘
accessed June 16, 2007 It is one of the few squares without a monument; General Pulaski's statue (and, likely, his remains) is in nearby Monterey Square.''Savannah Scene''
magazine, May–June 2007, pp 10–11, accessed June 16, 2007. Prior to the birth of the historical preservation movement and the restoration of much of Savannah's downtown, Pulaski Square sheltered a sizeable homeless population and was one of several squares that had been paved to allow traffic to drive straight through its center.Chan Sieg (1984). ''The squares: an introduction to Savannah''.

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: Donning. The square is one of the few to have a parking lot occupy one of its blocks (in this case the northeastern trust lot).

Dedication

Constituent buildings

Each building below is in one of the eight blocks around the square composed of four residential "tything" blocks and four civic ("trust") blocks, now known as the

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. They are listed with construction years where known. ;Northwestern residential/tything lot *Georgia LaRoche Duplex, 208 West Harris Street (1855) *Georgia LaRoche Duplex, 210 West Harris Street (1848) *Isaac LaRoche Duplex, 212–214 West Harris Street (1868) *Bernard Constantine House, 218 West Harris Street (1839) – joint-oldest building on the square ;Northwestern civic/trust lot *Bernard Constantine Property (1), 321 Barnard Street (1845) ;Southwestern civic/trust lot *331 Barnard Street (1844) ;Southwestern residential/tything lot *Celia Solomons Duplex, 201–203 West Charlton Street (1854–1856) *Moses Cohen House, 215 West Charlton Street (1846) ;Northeastern residential/tything lot *Theodosius Bartow House, 126 West Harris Street (1839)Historic Building Map: Savannah Historic District
– Historic Preservation Department of the Chatham County-Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission (November 17, 2011), p. 46 – third storey added later; joint-oldest building on the square *John Gammel Duplex, 118–120 West Harris Street (1884) *David Turner Property, 116 West Harris Street (1846) *The Battersby Tenements, 108–110 West Harris Street (1871) *106 West Harris Street (1847) ;Southeastern civic/trust lot *JEA Building, 328 Barnard Street (1914) – also known as Pulaski House ;Southeastern residential/tything lot *William Adams House, 123 West Charlton Street (1843) – third storey added later *George Walker House, 117 West Charlton Street (1904) *Hill Gordy House, 111 West Charlton Street (1864–1865) – street façade blocked up in 1965 *109 West Charlton Street (1915)

Gallery

File:328 Barnard Street.jpg, JEA Building, 328 Barnard Street File:Bernard Constantine House.jpg, Bernard Constantine House, 218 West Harris Street File:Isaac LaRoche Duplex.jpg, Isaac LaRoche Duplex, 212-214 West Harris Street File:210 West Harris Street.jpg, Georgia LaRoche Duplex (western portion), 210 West Harris Street File:208 West Harris Street.jpg, Georgia LaRoche Duplex (eastern portion), 208 West Harris Street File:Georgia LaRoche Duplex.jpg, Georgia LaRoche Duplex, 208–210 West Harris Street File:Theodosius Bartow House.jpg, Theodosius Bartow House, 126 West Harris Street File:Houses across from Pulaski Square, Savannah.jpg, John Gammel Duplex, 118–120 West Harris Street File:116 West Harris Street.jpg, David Turner Property, 116 West Harris Street File:Battersby Tenements, 108-110 Harris St., West, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia.jpg, The Battersby Tenements, 108–110 West Harris Street File:106 Harris Street, West, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia.jpg, 106 West Harris Street File:109 West Charlton Street.jpg, 109 West Charlton Street File:Hill Gordy House.jpg, Hill Gordy House, 111 West Charlton Street File:George Walker House.jpg, George Walker House, 117 West Charlton Street File:123 West Charlton Street.jpg, William Adams House, 123 West Charlton Street File:Celia Solomons Duplex.jpg, Celia Solomons Duplex, 201–203 West Charlton Street File:Moses Cohen House.jpg, Moses Cohen House, 215 West Charlton Street, built by John Sturdevant File:321 Barnard Street.jpg, Bernard Constantine Property (1), 321 Barnard Street

References

{{Squares of Savannah, Georgia Squares of Savannah, Georgia 1837 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)