one of Savannah's first six planned squares in the city plan by James Edward Oglethorpe, this square is on Abercorn Street between State Street (called "Prince Street" prior to the American Revolutionary War) and York Streets. * * Named "Upper New Square" when laid out in 1742, the square was later renamed in honor of Georgia founder James Edward Oglethorpe. * * On the East side of this square was the modest home of Georgia's first Royal Governor, John Reynolds. The spot was overlooking the square on the southeast Trust Lot -- now a parking lot of The Presidents' Quarters Inn). Reynolds arrived in Savannah October 29, 1754. * * On the northeast Trust Lot, the site of today's Telfair's Owens-Thomas House