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Old Fort (Savannah, Georgia)

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31 East Broad Street
31 East Broad Street

Old Fort is a historic neighborhood of Savannah, Georgia. Named for Fort Wayne, which stood nearby, it is located in the northeastern corner of the Savannah Historic District, centered around Washington Square and also formerly incorporating the land to the Savannah River, below Bay Street. Today part of Hitch Village, in the early 19th century it was home to the working-class Irish and African American populations of the city.The neighborhood was substantially shrunk through development of the 1950s.St. James African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, on East Broad Street, is part of the Old Fort district.

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Old Fort (Savannah, Georgia)
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East Bay Street 425
31401 Savannah, Savannah Historic District
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Washington Square (Savannah, Georgia)

Washington Square is one of the 22 squares of Savannah, Georgia, United States. It is located in the northernmost row of the city's five rows of squares, on Houston Street and East St. Julian Street. It is east of Warren Square and north of Greene Square in the northeastern corner of the city's grid of squares. The oldest building original to the square is 510 East St. Julian Street, which dates to 1797.Built in 1790, Washington Square was named in 1791 for George Washington, the first president of the United States, who visited Savannah that year. It was one of only two squares named to honor a then-living person; Troup Square was the other. Washington Square had been the site of the Trustees' Garden. Named for the trustees of General James Oglethorpe's colony, the garden was the testing ground for a variety of experimental crops – including mulberry (for silkworms), hemp, and indigo – viewed as potential cash crops. Most of these experiments proved unsuccessful. The square was once the site of massive New Year's Eve bonfires; these were discontinued in the 1950s.In 1964 Savannah Landscape Architect Clermont Huger Lee and Mills B. Lane planned and initiated a project to close the fire lane, add North Carolina bluestone pavers, initiate the use of different paving materials, install water cisterns, and lastly install new walks, benches, lighting, and plantings.At 541–545 East Congress Street are three Joseph Burke Properties, built in 1860. They were restored in 1955 by preservationist Jim Williams (later the central character in John Berendt's 1994 book Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil), his first project of over fifty he undertook before his death in 1990