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Chippewa Square: Independent Presbyterian Church

A soaring steeple with clocks on all four sides, topped by a gleaming brass weathervane. Organized in 1755, this congregation has strong Scottish ties. A colorful event each year is the Kirkin' O' the Tartans, (when bagpipes skir-r-rl and kilts twir-r-rl, all on a Sunday mor-r-r-nin'). In 1818, architect John Holden Greene won a design competition with his plans for this magnificent building. When the church burned in 1889, architect William Gibbons Preston directed the rebuilding to the original plans. (Emmeline was glad to have her father's arm to support her when she walked down the long, center aisle in 1955 to marry Robert Scotland Cooper.) At Bull and oglethorpe.

--Visitor's Guide to Savannah

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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Franklin Square
Johnson Square
Reynolds Square
Warren Square
Washington Square
Greene Square
Columbia Square
Oglethorpe Square
Wright Square
Telfair Square
Orleans Square
Chippewa Square
Colonial Park Cemetary
Troup Square
Lafayette Square
Madison Square
Pulaski Square
Monterey Square
Calhoun Square
Whitefield Square

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