Haunted Squares

5 haunted squares mapped across 2 cities, each with its ghost story, address, and sources.

• Calhoun SquareSquare · Savannah, GALaid out in 1851 and named for South Carolina statesman John C. Calhoun, this is the only one of Savannah's squares still ringed entirely by its original buildings, among them the 1853 Alexander Bennett House and the steepled 1875 Wesley Monumental United Methodist Church.
• Madison SquareSquare · Savannah, GALaid out in 1837 and named for President James Madison, this leafy square in Savannah's fourth row sits along Bull Street, bordered by handsome antebellum landmarks: the Green-Meldrim House, St. John's Episcopal Church, and the 1840 Sorrel-Weed House, the oldest building on the square.
• Reynolds SquareSquare · Savannah, GALaid out in 1734 as one of Savannah's earliest squares and later named for royal governor John Reynolds, this leafy green once held the colony's Filature, where silkworms were raised in a failed bid to spin a Georgia silk industry.
• Washington SquareSquare · Philadelphia, PAOne of William Penn's five original 1682 squares, this leafy park near Independence Hall sits atop a mass grave.
• Wright SquareSquare · Savannah, GAWright Square rests on far older ground than its monuments suggest.