Chippewa Square

On the north side of Chippewa Square, with the Oglethorpe monument visible behind Forrest. The bench was a prop the production brought in and took away; a replica is reported at the Savannah History Museum on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.

James Oglethorpe, the founder of Georgia, in a nine-foot bronze by Daniel Chester French on a pedestal and base by Henry Bacon, the architect who worked with French on the Lincoln Memorial. It was unveiled with ceremony in 1910, erected by the State of Georgia, the City of Savannah and patriotic societies, and it faces south to symbolize the threat Spain posed to the young colony.

15 to 25 minutes to find the monument and the filming side, unless you stop for a show at the theater on the square or a service at one of the churches nearby. It is a stop on a Bull Street walk, not a destination.

No. The bench was a film prop; the production brought it in for the bus-stop scenes on the north side of the square and took it away afterward. What is still there is everything behind the bench in the shot, the monument first of all.

To symbolize the threat of Spain's imperial ambitions to the young colony. Spanish Florida lay to the south of the colony chartered in 1732, and the 1910 monument turns Oglethorpe toward it, sword in hand.

The statue is by Daniel Chester French, and the pedestal and base are by Henry Bacon, the New York architect whose collaborations with French include the Lincoln Memorial. The State of Georgia, the City of Savannah and various patriotic societies erected it, and it was unveiled in 1910.

Shields. The four lions at the corners of the lower base carry, respectively, Oglethorpe's coat of arms and the great seals of the Colony of Georgia, the State of Georgia and the City of Savannah. The pedestal carries part of the text of the colony's 1732 charter.

A theater designed by William Jay, the English architect who arrived in Savannah in December 1817 and also designed the Owens-Thomas House and the Telfair mansion. In 1820 it made Chippewa Square the center of the city's nightlife. The building has been altered a great deal since, and it is still a theater.

No. Chippewa is a public square with no gate and no admission, like the other 21 in the Historic District. The theater on its edge and the house museums nearby sell tickets; the square does not.

Independent Presbyterian Church, one block north on Bull Street at Oglethorpe Avenue. The congregation was organized in 1755. Its 1819 building on this site was dedicated with President James Monroe in attendance, burned in 1889, and was rebuilt by 1891 under William G. Preston with the temple front and spire you see now.

In 1815, and it is named for a battle of the War of 1812. It is the third square down Bull Street from the river, one of the 22 that survive from the city's ward plan.

Come south down Bull Street from Wright Square, give Chippewa 15 to 25 minutes for the north side and the statue, then continue to Madison and Monterey squares and decide at Monterey whether the group has the distance for Forsyth Park. If you want a museum, the Jepson Center and the Telfair Academy are two blocks west; the Owens-Thomas House is farther east and needs a timed reservation.