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Chippewa Square: Independent Presbyterian Church

Established in 1755, the present church is an important example of Federal design and sits on its third site at Bull Street and Oglethorpe Avenue. Lowell Mason, noted hymn composer and father of public school music, was the church's most distinguished organist. The parlor of the old manse served as the setting for the wedding of Ellen Louise Axson and Woodrow Wilson in 1885.

Chippewa Square
1. Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools Administrative Offices
208 Bull Street (Formerly Chatham Academy and Savannah High School.)
2. Independent Presbyterian Church
Corner of Bull and oglethorpe. A soaring steeple with clocks on all four sides, topped by a gleaming brass weathervane.
3. First Baptist Church
Bull Street on Chippewa Square, (1833). Church in Greek temple design with six massive columns.
4. Savannah Theater
222 Bull Street. Live theater in an art deco building on the country's oldest theater site in continuous operation; a Greek Revival building by William Jay once stood here.

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