Chippewa Square is one of the 22 squares of Savannah, Georgia, United States. It is located in the middle row of the city's five rows of squares, on

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and McDonough Street, and was laid out in 1815. It is south of

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, west of

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and east of Orleans Square. The oldest building on the square is

The Savannah Theatre The Savannah Theatre, first opened in 1818 and located on Chippewa Square in Savannah, Georgia, is one of the United States' oldest continually-operating theatres. The structure has been both a live performance venue and a movie theater. Since 20 ...

, at 222

, which dates to 1818. The square named in honor of American soldiers killed in the

Battle of Chippawa The Battle of Chippawa, also known as the Battle of Chippewa, was a victory for the United States Army in the War of 1812, during its invasion on July 5, 1814, of the British Empire's colony of Upper Canada along the Niagara River. This battle a ...

during the

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. (The spelling "Chipp''e''wa" is correct in reference to this square.) In the center of the square is the

James Oglethorpe Monument The James Oglethorpe Monument is a public monument in Chippewa Square, Savannah, Georgia, United States. The monument honors James Oglethorpe, the founder of the Province of Georgia, who established the city of Savannah in 1733. Efforts towar ...

, created by sculptor

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and architect

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and unveiled in 1910.Tour Guide Manual
for licensed tour guides in the City of Savannah, accessed June 16, 2007. Oglethorpe faces south, toward Georgia's one-time enemy in

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Florida, and his sword is drawn.''Our Coast's'' guide to Savannah's Squares
accessed June 16, 2007. Site features an excellent interactive map of Savannah's squares and numerous photographs. Busts of

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figures Francis Stebbins Bartow and

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were moved from Chippewa Square to

Forsyth Park Forsyth Park (formerly known as the Military Parade Ground)''Charles Seton Henry Hardee's Recollections of old Savannah'', Martha Gallaudet Waring, ''The Georgia Historical Quarterly'', JSTOR (1929), p. 34 is a large city park that occupies in ...

to make room for the Oglethorpe monument.City of Savannah's monuments page
This page links directly to numerous short entries, many accompanied by photographs, discussing a variety of monuments, memorials, etc., in the squares and elsewhere. Accessed June 16, 2007. Due to the location of the monument, Savannahians sometimes refer to this as ''Oglethorpe'' Square, but that is located just to the northeast.Chan Sieg (1984). ''The squares: an introduction to Savannah''.

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: Donning. The "park bench" scene which opens the 1994 film ''

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'' was filmed on the north side of Chippewa Square.''Savannah Scene''
magazine, May–June 2007, pp 10–11, accessed June 16, 2007. The bench was a

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prop, rather than one of the park's actual benches. A replica of the prop bench used in the film is on display at the Savannah Visitors Center. The original prop is now kept in

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, Los Angeles. Chippewa Square is also home to the First Baptist Church (1833), the Independent Presbyterian Church and the Philbrick–Eastman House (1847).

Dedication

Markers and structures

Constituent buildings

Each building below is in one of the eight blocks around the square composed of four residential "tything" blocks and four civic ("trust") blocks, now known as the

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. They are listed with construction years where known. ;Northwestern residential/tything block * Independent Presbyterian Church, 207 Bull Street (1891) – by

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; gutted in the 1889 fire, rebuilt 1891 **Independent Presbyterian Church School Building, 207 Bull Street (1894) – by Charles Henry *Honora Foley Property, 14 West Hull Street (1896) – by Henry Urban; also known as the Foley House Inn *Julius Perlinski House, 22 West Hull Street (c. 1903) ;Northwestern civic/trust block * First Baptist Church, 223 Bull Street (1833) ;Southwestern civic/trust block * Philbrick–Eastman House, 17 West McDonough Street (1847) ;Southwestern residential/tything block *3 West Perry Street (1831)Historic Building Map: Savannah Historic District
– Historic Preservation Department of the Chatham County-Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission (November 17, 2011), p. 38 – former home of Joseph Frederick Waring * John Stoddard House, 15 West Perry Street (1867) *Stoddard Row, 19–25 West Perry Street (1854–55) *233 Bull Street (1842) – originally the home of Moses Eastman, later of the Philbrick–Eastman HouseBrown Ward
– City of Savannah research paper ;Northeastern residential/tything block *Board of Education Building, 208 Bull Street (1908–1910) ;Northeastern civic/trust block *

, 222

(1818) – oldest building on the square ;Southeastern civic/trust block *Julius Koox Duplex, 230–232 Bull Street (1871) ;Southeastern residential/tything block *234 Bull Street (c. 1900) *240 Bull Street (1890) *Hetty, Abbie & Phillipa Minis House, 11 East Perry Street (c. 1820)

Gallery

File:Board of Education Building.jpg, Board of Education Building (western half; Bull Street facade), 208 Bull Street File:208 Bull Street (eastern rear half).jpg, Board of Education Building (eastern rear half), 208 Bull Street File:Savannah theatre.jpg, The Savannah Theatre, 222 Bull Street File:230-232 Bull Street.jpg, Julius Koox Duplex, 230–232 Bull Street File:234 Bull Street.jpg, 234 Bull Street File:240 Bull Street.jpg, 240 Bull Street File:11 East Perry Street.jpg, Hetty, Abbie & Phillipa Minis House, 11 East Perry Street File:3 West Perry Street.jpg, 3 West Perry Street File:15 West Perry Street.jpg, John Stoddard House, 15 West Perry Street File:Stoddard Row (Brown Ward).jpg, Stoddard Row, 19–25 West Perry Street File:Philbrick-Eastman House, by Charles B. Cluskey, 17 West McDonough Street (taken with moving camera).jpg, Philbrick–Eastman House, 17 West McDonough Street File:First_Baptist_Church,_223_Bull_Street,_Savannah,_Chatham_County,_GA.jpg, First Baptist Church, 223 Bull Street File:Honora Foley Property.jpg, Foley House Inn, 14 West Hull Street File:Julius Perlinski House.jpg, Julius Perlinski House, 22 West Hull Street File:Independent Presbyterian Church (Savannah, GA).jpg, Independent Presbyterian Church, 207 Bull Street File:Independent Presbyterian Church School Building.jpg, Independent Presbyterian Church School Building, 207 Bull Street

References

{{Squares of Savannah, Georgia Chippewa Square, Savannah 1815 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)