Johnson Square

Located in Savannah are The Squares which the city was created around, they were originally created as a space for military exercises. Over the centuries many squares have been created in the honor of persons or historical events and contain markers or monuments.

The first four squares to be laid out in Savannah were laid 1733 by James Oglethorpe, one of these squares was Johnson Square which is the larges of the squares and named for the colonial governor of South Carolina, Robert Johnson.

Located in this square are two fountains along with a sundial which was dedicated to Colonel William Bull. The sundial is created of four panels, one located on each side of the granite base, the dial is bronze set atop a marble shaft, and one of the panels reproduces a 1734 man of Savannah.

Johnson square features an obelisk in the center of the square which serves as a monument to war hero General Nathanael Green who also has a square named in his honor. Upon his death he was buried in Colonia Park Cemetery which was vandalized by Union forces during the Civil War. After his remains were re-identified they were moved to Johnson Square. Inscriptions were added to the obelisk in 1886, even though Greene's remains were not placed in the square until 1901.

Johnson square is located on 69, between Bryan and Congress Streets and receives millions of visitors each year.