Chippewa Square
at the intersection of Bull and McDonough Streets
Chippewa Square, named for a battle in the War of 1812, boasts Savannah's most distinguished piece of outdoor sculpture: Daniel Chester French's 1910 bronze figure of James Edward Oglethorpe and architect Henry Bacon's marble base. Oglethorpe wears the armor of a 1730s British general and stands amid palm fronds, symbolizing the colony of Georgia ; the lions on the base hold the seals of the colony of Georgia, the state of Georgia, the city of Savannah and the heraldic device of the Oglethorpe family.
This square provided the background for the bus stop scenes in the Paramount film "Forrest Gump." The bench that Forrest and his box of chocolates occupied is not in Chippewa Square. It was one of four copies made by Paramount Pictures; one of these copies was donated by Paramount to the Savannah History Museum, where it is exhibited.
To the west, facing the square is the 1833 Greek Revival First Baptist Church, the oldest sanctuary in Savannah. Here General Sherman first permitted his Federal troops to worship with the lately Confederate citizens of Savannah.