Wright Square

Wright Square was originally known as Percival Square, named for John Percival.

Percival, along with James Oglethorpe, was a driving force in founding the colony of Georgia. He was said to be the man that named the colony after King George II.

Later, the square was renamed after the colony's third and final Royal Governor, James Wright.

It is the second of the original four squares, and was laid out in 1733. It housed the gallows, the first jail, the county courthouse, and the first burial ground.

The monument in the middle of the square is to William Washington Gordon, founder of the Central Georgia Railroad. It stands atop the burial place of the prominent Creek Indian chief, Tomo chi chi, Mico of the Yamacraw. Unaware that the burial ground was in the center of the square, the Gordon family requested a piece of granite be sent from Stone Mountain in Atlanta to commemorate the great leader. This stone stands in the southeast corner of the square.