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The square contains a bronze statue by Marshall Daugherty honouring John Wesley, founder of Methodism. The statue was installed in 1969 on the spot where Wesley's home is believed to have stood.

It was on 14 October 1735, that Charles and his brother John sailed on ‘The Simmonds’ from Gravesend, Kent for Savannah.  For a period in 1736, Charles Wesley was Oglethorpe's secretary. Charles later became well known as the hymn writer of Methodism

The statue is intended to show John Wesley preaching out-of-doors as he did when leading services for Native Americans, a practice which angered church elders who believed that the Gospel should only be preached inside the church building.