Today was a lot like yesterday, only we walked more.
We parked on the east side of town and started walking toward the squares and tours 2 and 3. Tour 2 is called “The First Squares” and tour 3 is called “Squares of Luxury”. There are many big houses, some of famous people, some of people we never heard of, lots of statues and churches on these tours.
Here is the Davenport house, now a museum, built in 1820, in the Federal style.
Next is the Kehoe house, built 1892, now an inn. Kehoe was an Irish immigrant who worked his way up from an iron apprentice to one of the city’s most successful businessmen.
This is a picture of building material called tabby, explaining how it was used.
Next comes the Owen-Thomas house (1819), an English Regency style home.
We stopped at the Colonial Park Cemetery, which is quite large. It was established around 1750. During the Civil War, Union troops camped and stabled horses here. Many graves were desecrated during this time.
We went into the Lutheran Church of the Ascension (1875) to see the beautiful stain glass windows inside. The church is unusual in that the sanctuary is on the second floor. We didn’t see the first floor, it wasn’t open to the public.
We tried to find out why the church was on the second floor, but didn’t really find an answer.
This is a picture of the fountain in the middle of Forsyth Park, which is much, much larger than the other squares. (10 acres in all). Harris found a cache here, one of only 2 we found today. Our geocaching mojo just wasn’t with us.
The last official stop we made was at the south end of the park, to see the Confederate monument. Erected in 1874 in honor of confederate soldiers who died in the Civil War, this monument was made in Canada and transported to Savannah by ship so that it would never touch “Yankee” soil.
We intended to take the “Dot”, free bus, again, but never found a stop. So we just kept walking and walking and walking back to Howie. Along the way we passed a police station with these old cars in front.
Harris took a picture of this little contraption outside Howie back at the campground. It’s to attract some endangered moth.
A tree next to our campsite showing the living oaks and moss.
Total miles driven today=31
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