Savannah Live Oak Square With the Tomochichi Boulder
Circle the Gordon monument and a Yamacraw leader's gravesite in a public square laid out in 1733.
🌳 Under the Live Oaks
Begin with the canopy. Wright Square is an early public square in Savannah, laid out in 1733 and first called Percival Square. Its later name honors Sir James Wright, the last Royal Governor of Georgia. That sequence gives a short pause in the center of the city a longer view of Savannah history.
Moss draped live oaks shade the grounds, where the Gordon monument and the Tomochichi boulder anchor the visit in specific stories. Tomochichi was a Yamacraw leader whose relationship with Oglethorpe shaped the beginnings of Savannah, and the boulder marks his gravesite. Let the monuments guide a slow circuit beneath the trees, then look across the square to connect the public space with the people and decisions remembered here.
At Bull St and President St, it sits in the Savannah Historic District. A visit here can fit into a walk through the historic center, with the names and monuments offering a grounded way to read the square.
