Oglethorpe Plan

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city plan historic town plan urban planning concept

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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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Oglethorpe Plan canonical	3
Oglethorpe Plan of Savannah	1
Savannah’s Oglethorpe Plan	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city plan ⓘ historic town plan ⓘ urban planning concept ⓘ
appliesTo	Savannah ⓘ surface form: Savannah, Georgia Downtown Savannah ⓘ surface form: downtown Savannah
appliesToJurisdiction	Colony of Georgia ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Georgian urban planning ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: Georgia (U.S. state)
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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Subject: Oglethorpe Plan
Description of subject: 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.

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Johnson Square, Savannah, Georgia → partOf → Oglethorpe Plan ⓘ

Savannah Historic District → hasStreetLayout → Oglethorpe Plan ⓘ

Bull Street → formsPartOf → Oglethorpe Plan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Savannah’s Oglethorpe Plan

Chippewa Square → hasStreetLayout → Oglethorpe Plan ⓘ

Reynolds Square → isPartOfUrbanPlan → Oglethorpe Plan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oglethorpe Plan of Savannah