Bull Street is a major street in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Named for Colonel William Bull (1683–1755),Savannah's Bull Street: The Man Behind Its Name – B. H. Levy it runs from Bay Street in the north to Derenne Avenue (part of State Route 21) in the south. It is around 3.40 miles in length, not including the section interrupted by Forsyth Park. It is the center of a National Historic Landmark District.Bull Street: Savannah, Georgia – Planning.org
Savannah City Hall sits opposite the northern end of Bull Street, on Bay Street.
Bull Street goes around five of Savannah's 22 squares. They are (from north to south):
Johnson Square Wright Square Chippewa Square Madison Square Monterey Square
A memorial in the Oglethorpe Avenue median marks what is today known as the Bull Street Cemetery, with a plaque stating: "Original 1733 burial plot allotted by James Edward Oglethorpe to the Savannah Jewish Community". On November 3, 1761, George III "conveyed a certain half lot of land in Holland Tything, Percival Ward, to David Truan." This land was at the northwest corner of today's Bull Street and Oglethorpe Avenue. Several Jews were interred here before the family cemeteries were established.Savannah's Old Jewish Burial Ground, The Georgia Historical Quarterly, volume 34, no. 4 (December 1950), p. 267
Notable buildings and structures
Below is a selection of notable buildings and structures on Bull Street, all in Savannah's Historic District. From north to south:Historic Building Map: Savannah Historic District – Historic Preservation Department of the Chatham County-Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission (November 17, 2011)
Name Ward Image Address Date NoteThe Citizens and Southern BankDerby Ward22 Bull Street1907now Bank of AmericaChrist ChurchDerby Ward28 Bull Street1838/1897Lutheran Church of the AscensionPercival Ward120 Bull Street (21 East State Street, includes Drayton Street)1879Tomochichi Federal Building and United States CourthousePercival Ward125 Bull Street1899Independent Presbyterian ChurchBrown Ward207 Bull Street1817/1891The Savannah TheatreBrown Ward222 Bull Street1820James Oglethorpe MonumentBrown WardChippewa Square1910First Baptist ChurchBrown Ward223 Bull Street1833/1922Masonic TempleJasper Ward341 Bull Street1912now the Gryphon Tea Room, by Freemason Hyman W. WitcoverPoetter HallJasper Ward340-344 Bull Street1893by William G. PrestonSt. John's Episcopal ChurchJasper Ward325 Bull Street1853by Calvin N. OtisCharles W. Rogers DuplexMonterey Ward423-425 Bull Street1858by John S. Norris; later the home of Lee Adler and his wife EmmaMercer Williams HouseMonterey Ward429 Bull Street1871by John S. Norris, restored by James Arthur Williams440 Bull StreetMonterey Ward440 Bull Street1900Armstrong HouseMonterey Ward447 Bull Street1917now the Armstrong Kessler Mansion; formerly bought and restored by James Arthur WilliamsEdmund Molyneux HouseMonterey Ward450 Bull Street1857now The Oglethorpe Club, by John S. Norris
The Gingerbread House, a popular tourist attraction in the Savannah Victorian Historic District, is at 1921 Bull Street,Gingerbread House official website opposite Bull Street Library. It was built by Cord Asendorf Sr. in 1899.
References in popular culture The street is also featured several times in John Berendt's 1994 book Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. In the introduction to the subsequent 1997 movie, Irma P. Hall's character Minerva says to a squirrel sat beside her on a bench in Forsyth Park: "Quit eyeballin' me, Flavis. I knew you when you was a two-bit hustler on Bull Street."
References
External links Bull Street – Savannah.com