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Chippewa Square

Named to commemorate American valor in the Canadian Battle of Chippewa, War of 1812, Chippewa Square was laid out in 1813 and is presided over by Savannah's most distinguished statue, a magnificent bronze figure of James Edward Oglethorpe designed by Daniel Chester French, with a base designed by Henry Bacon.

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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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