Oglethorpe Plan

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The Oglethorpe Plan is the original 18th-century urban design for Savannah, Georgia, characterized by its distinctive grid layout of wards centered around public squares.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city plan ⓘ
historic town plan ⓘ
urban planning concept ⓘ
appliesTo Savannah, Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Savannah

downtown Savannah ⓘ
linked to: Downtown Savannah
appliesToJurisdiction Colony of Georgia ⓘ
architecturalStyle Georgian urban planning ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
describedBySource Savannah city planning documents ⓘ
historic maps of Savannah ⓘ
designedBy James Oglethorpe ⓘ
hasEffect distributed public open space ⓘ
mixed-use neighborhood structure ⓘ
walkable urban form ⓘ
hasPart civic lots ⓘ
east–west streets ⓘ
north–south streets ⓘ
public square ⓘ
residential lots ⓘ
trust lot ⓘ
tything lot ⓘ
ward ⓘ
hasQuality high degree of regularity ⓘ
human-scale blocks ⓘ
modularity ⓘ
heritageStatus basis for National Historic Landmark designation of Savannah Historic District ⓘ
inception 1733 ⓘ
influenced later American town planning ⓘ
influencedBy Renaissance grid planning ⓘ
military camp layouts ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Georgia (U.S. state) ⓘ
linked to: Georgia
mainSubject Savannah Historic District ⓘ
namedAfter James Oglethorpe ⓘ
notableFeature central green squares ⓘ
integration of civic and military functions ⓘ
perimeter streets around squares ⓘ
repetitive ward pattern ⓘ
small residential blocks ⓘ
partOf founding of Savannah ⓘ
purpose defensive town layout ⓘ
equitable land distribution ⓘ
social order and civic cohesion ⓘ
significantPlace Savannah Historic District ⓘ
timePeriod 18th century ⓘ
uses central public squares ⓘ
modular ward system ⓘ
orthogonal street grid ⓘ

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Johnson Square, Savannah, Georgia → partOf → Oglethorpe Plan ⓘ
Bull Street → formsPartOf → Savannah’s Oglethorpe Plan ⓘ
linked to: Oglethorpe Plan
Chippewa Square → hasStreetLayout → Oglethorpe Plan ⓘ
Reynolds Square → isPartOfUrbanPlan → Oglethorpe Plan of Savannah ⓘ
linked to: Oglethorpe Plan
Brunswick, Georgia → hasStreetPlan → Oglethorpe Plan ⓘ
subject linked to: Brunswick
Monterey Square, Savannah → urbanPlanning → Oglethorpe Plan ⓘ
Wright Square → followsUrbanPlan → Oglethorpe Plan ⓘ
Pulaski Square → cityPlanElement → Oglethorpe Plan ⓘ
Washington Square (Savannah, Georgia) → partOf → original Oglethorpe Plan of Savannah ⓘ
subject linked to: Washington Square
linked to: Oglethorpe Plan
Telfair Square → foundingEra → Oglethorpe Plan ⓘ
Ellis Square → partOf → Oglethorpe Plan ⓘ
Franklin Square → streetLayout → Oglethorpe Plan ⓘ
Warren Square → streetLayout → Savannah’s Oglethorpe Plan grid ⓘ
linked to: Oglethorpe Plan
Savannah street grid → partOf → Savannah city plan ⓘ
linked to: Oglethorpe Plan
Savannah street grid → follows → Oglethorpe Plan ⓘ
Downtown Savannah → urbanDesign → Oglethorpe Plan ⓘ
Bryan Street (Savannah, Georgia) → partOf → Savannah city plan ⓘ
linked to: Oglethorpe Plan
Bryan Street (Savannah, Georgia) → partOf → Oglethorpe Plan ⓘ
Wright Square (Savannah, Georgia) → partOf → Oglethorpe Plan ⓘ
Ellis Square (Savannah, Georgia) → partOf → Oglethorpe Plan ⓘ
East Taylor Street → follows → Savannah’s Oglethorpe Plan ⓘ
linked to: Oglethorpe Plan