Savannah Georgia

When we got to our hotel in Savannah we made a quick face time to the girls.  It was pretty much funny faces and not much talking.  Gigi took good care of the girls while we were gone.  Very grateful that she can drop her life and help with mine when I need her.  We decided to do a walking tour in Savannah since we had been sitting in the car so much.  We had a fun map that told us about each square and the important landmarks in the square.  

Savannah College of Art and Design have a bunch of buildings all over.  This particular building used to be the artillery for the war.

Jones Street is considered to be the most beautiful street in America.  I can see why.  I felt like I had seen these houses and street in a movie.  So charming

Each square has a monument in the middle and a small park area. This one is Monterey Square.
The Casimir Pulaski Monument is a tall statue of a wounded soldier which pays tribute to General Casimir Pulaski, a young Polish nobleman who fell as a hero during the American Revolution.  The Mercer-Williams house is also in Monterey Square.  It supposed to be the best tour in Savannah because of all the original furnishings.  Unfortunately we didn't have enough time!

The Temple Mickve Israel is the only purely Gothic revival synagogue in the United States. Founded in 1773 they represent the third-oldest Jewish congregation in the United States.

Some squares have these great Rod Iron drinking fountains for dogs.

Hamilton Turner House. Built in 1873 is supposedly haunted.  Walt Disney was intrigued by this place and it is said that he used this as an inspiration for the Haunted Mansion!  Disney is everywhere!

The Andrew Low House.  This is where Andrew's daughter in law Juliette Gordon "Daisy" founded The Girl Scouts of America.  I was a Brownie once upon a time.

The Victorian Gothic Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist is home to the oldest Roman Catholic Church in Georgia.  The Cathedral features impressive stained glass windows, which were made by Inssbruck Glassmakers in Austrian Tyrol and installed around 1900.

Colonial Park Cemetery was a quick stop. I loved the pavers they used. No Confederate soldiers are buried there, but the war did leave its mark on the cemetery. Federal troops took over the cemetery grounds during their occupation of Savannah and many of the graves were looted and desecrated. It has been said that Union soldiers changed the dates on many of the headstones. This cemetery was used from about 1750 until it was closed for burials in 1853

This is the oldest running Theater in the states.  Of course it didn't look like this when it was built.  Like many things here, it was burned and rebuilt.

Chippewa Square Is where they filmed some of Forrest Gump.  The bench isn't there anymore but you can see the monument in the back during the scene.  I tried to reenact it with my Reeses PB Cups.  

The Philbrick-Eastman House is best known for its iron fence with mediallions of prominent men. It's said that the fence alone was 100K

Savannah’s Independent Presbyterian Church, organized in 1755, is known as the mother church of Georgia’s Presbyterians. The church was seen in the opening of the movie "Forest Gump."

The Cotton Exchange was built in 1872 when export revenue from cotton was $40 million when Georgia was the leading cotton producer in the country, and Savannah was one of the major cotton seaports on the Atlantic.  The building is so cool.  It's built right along the water and the train tracks and has an easy way to trade.

This is city hall.  It was built in 1903