James Oglethorpe Monument

The nine-foot bronze statue shows James Oglethorpe in a military uniform from the 1700s, standing atop a pink-gray marble pedestal with lion decorations.

The monument commemorates James Oglethorpe, who established the Province of Georgia and founded Savannah in 1733 as a settlement for British debtors and refugees.

The Oglethorpe Monument Association gathered funds from patriotic groups and government sources, resulting in the statue's completion by Daniel Chester French in 1910.

The monument faces south, marking the direction from which Spanish forces threatened the Georgia colony during its early years of establishment.

Four lion sculptures at each corner of the pedestal display shields containing the coat of arms of Oglethorpe and the seals of Georgia, the colony, and Savannah.

Location: Savannah

Creator: Daniel Chester French

Made from material: bronze

Website: http://ghs.galileo.usg.edu/ghs/view?docId=ead/MS%200597-ead.xml;query=;brand=default

GPS coordinates: 32.07575,-81.09317

Latest update: March 13, 2025 23:49