The street is named for merchant and statesman James Habersham.

They are (from north to south): Habersham Street also bounds the eastern edge of Colonial Park Cemetery, in which James Habersham was buried upon his death in 1775.

Below is a selection of notable buildings and structures on Habersham Street, all in Savannah's Historic District.

[5] The street is also featured several times in John Berendt's 1994 book Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.

In the subsequent 1997 movie, The Lady Chablis walks from her East Liberty Street home to the Myra Bishop Family Clinic, which was located at 311 Habersham Street, about 500 feet away.