Originally named St. James Square, in honor of a green space in London, and marked one of the most fashionable neighborhoods in early Savannah,Chan Sieg (1984). The squares: an introduction to Savannah. Virginia Beach: Donning. it was renamed in 1883 to honor the Telfair family.Savannah Scene magazine, May–June 2007, pp 10–11, accessed June 16, 2007. It is the only square honoring a family rather than an individual. The Telfairs included former Governor Edward Telfair, Congressman Thomas Telfair (Edward Telfair's son), and his daughter Mary Telfair (1791–1875), benefactor of Savannah's Telfair Museum of Art. The square also contains tributes to the Girl Scouts of the USA, founded by Savannahian Juliette Gordon Low, and to the chambered nautilus.Tour Guide Manual for licensed tour guides in the City of Savannah, accessed June 16, 2007.
