{{Short description|Prominent street in Savannah, Georgia}} {{Use American English|date=April 2022}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox street | name = Whitaker Street | marker_image = | image = Whitaker St-Forsyth Park, Savannah - panoramio.jpg | image_size = | image_alt = | image_map = | caption = Looking north along Whitaker Street from the edge of Forsyth Park | map_type = | map_size = | map_caption = | map_alt = | former_names = | part_of = | namesake = Benjamin Whitaker | length_mi = 2.07 | length_ref = | location = Savannah, Georgia, U.S. | direction_a = North | terminus_a = West Bay Street | direction_b = South | terminus_b = West Victory Drive (U.S. Route 80) | junction = | commissioning_date = | construction_start_date = | completion_date = | inauguration_date = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> }} '''Whitaker Street''' is a prominent street in Savannah, Georgia, United States.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-07-29 |title=5 Places to Visit on Whitaker Street |url=https://www.savannah.com/5-places-to-visit-on-whitaker-street/ |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=Savannah, GA {{!}} Savannah.com |language=en-US}}</ref> Located between Barnard Street to the west and Bull Street to the east, it runs for about {{convert|2.07|miles}} from West Bay Street in the north to West Victory Drive (U.S. Route 80) in the south. Its directional flow is one-way (southbound).<ref>{{Cite web |title=One-way street changes in the works for downtown Savannah? |date=May 12, 2016 |url=https://www.wtoc.com/story/31958471/one-way-street-changes-in-the-works-for-downtown-savannah |access-date=2022-04-21 |language=en}}</ref> The street is named for Benjamin Whitaker, surveyor general of the Province of South Carolina.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Cope |first=Tony |title=It's Not That Lincoln |publisher=The Abercorn Press |year=2016}}</ref>
Its northern section passes through the Savannah Historic District, a National Historic Landmark District.<ref name="nrhpinv2">James Dillon (1977) {{NHLS url|id=66000277|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: The Savannah Georgia NHL Historic District}}, National Park Service and {{NHLS url|id=66000277|title=''Accompanying 25 photos, from 1964, 1973''|photos=y}}</ref>
Whitaker Street runs beside ten squares. From north to south:
;To the west of: *Johnson Square *Wright Square *Chippewa Square *Madison Square *Monterey Square
;To the east of: *Ellis Square *Telfair Square *Orleans Square *Pulaski Square *Chatham Square
It also forms the western boundary of Forsyth Park.
{{Wide image|Image:Forsythparkpanorama.jpg|700px|Panoramic view of Forsyth Park from Whitaker Street, on the park's western side}}
==Notable buildings and structures== {{see also|Buildings in Savannah Historic District}} Below is a selection of notable buildings and structures on Whitaker Street, all in Savannah's Historic District. From north to south:<ref>[https://www.thempc.org/docs/lit/hist/maps/supplement.pdf Historic Building Map: Savannah Historic District] – Historic Preservation Department of the Chatham County-Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission (November 17, 2011)</ref> [[File:GHS-Hodgson-Hall.jpg|thumb|W. B. Hodgson Hall, in the northwest corner of Forsyth Park, is the home of the Georgia Historical Society]] *''Savannah Morning News'' Building, 5 Whitaker Street (1875) *37 Whitaker Street (1890) *116 Whitaker Street (1866) *144–152 Whitaker Street (1898) *Benjamin Purse Property, 311 Whitaker Street (1885) *Julia Tucker Property, 333–335 Whitaker Street (1852) *339 Whitaker Street (1910) *Frederick Kuck Property, 411–417 Whitaker Street (1899) *422 Whitaker Street (1880) *W. B. Hodgson Hall, 501 Whitaker Street (1876) *Magnolia Hall, 503 Whitaker Street (1883) *John Williamson House, 509 Whitaker Street (1870) *Metts–McNeil House, 513 Whitaker Street (1903) *601 Whitaker Street (1883) *603 Whitaker Street (1888) *605 Whitaker Street (1886) *William Holt House, 609 Whitaker Street (1886) *611 Whitaker Street (1894) *Joseph Chestnut House, 701 Whitaker Street (1892) *703 Whitaker Street (1890) *705 Whitaker Street (1900) <!--{| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Name ! Ward ! Image ! Address ! Date ! Note |- |The Citizens and Southern Bank |Derby Ward |100px |22 Bull Street |1907 |now Bank of America |--->
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Streets of Savannah}}
Category:Roads in Savannah, Georgia Category:Streets in Georgia (U.S. state)