[2] The square contains a bronze statue, by Marshall Daugherty, honoring John Wesley, founder of Methodism.

Wesley spent most of his life in England but undertook a mission to Savannah between 1735 and 1738, during which time he founded the first Sunday school in America.

[5] Sculptor Marshall said: "The moment is as he looks up from his Bible toward his congregation, about to speak and stretching out his right hand in love, invitation, and exhortation.

In contrast, the hand holding the Bible is intense and powerful – the point of contact with the Almighty.

"[6] Reynolds Square was the site of the Filature,[7] which housed silkworms as part of an early—and unsuccessful—attempt to establish a silk industry in the Georgia colony.