Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Lafayette Square
This Victorian Gothic Cathedral by Francis Baldwin was begun
in 1873 and completed in 1896. After a fire, it was rebuilt and
finished in 1899. The second oldest Roman Catholic Church in Georgia.

Beth Eden Baptist Church, Lincoln & Gordon Streets
This Victorian Gothic was built in 1897 and designed by
Henry Urban, an English architect.

Christ Episcopal Church, Johnson Square
Fashioned in the manner of a Roman temple by architect
James Hamilton Couper and designed in the Greek Revival
Style, it was completed in 1840. The bell was forged in 1819
in Boston by Revere and Son.

First Baptist Church, Chippewa Square
Classic Greek Revival, constructed with limestone stucco over
Savannah gray brick, finished in 1833. Known for years as the
Savannah Baptist Church.

First African Baptist Church, Franklin Square
The oldest black congregation in America, built by slaves
in 1859. The origin can be traced back to George Leile
preaching to fellow slaves along the Savannah River in 1775.

First Congregational Church, Whitefield Square
Dating back to 1869, Beach Institute was established after
the Civil War for the education of blacks in Savannah.
In 1878 the present site was acquired and the building
erected in 1895.

First Bryan Baptist Church, 575 W. Bryan Street
Dating back to 1793, said to be the oldest parcel of black owned
real estate in the country. This structure built in 1873
and designed by John B. Hogg.

St. Paul's Greek Orthodox Church, Bull and Anderson Streets
Chartered in 1907 and moved to present location in 1941. Building
erected in 1898 as "Lawton Hall" and was used for meetings and
concerts until it was purchased by the church.

Lutheran Church of the Ascension, Wright Square
Services were first conducted in 1741. The present lot was deeded
to the church in 1771, the congregation purchased the wooden courthouse on the adjacent trust lot and moved it on rollers across President Street and a steeple and bell were added.Services were in German until 1824. The current Gothic building dates from 1844 but was altered in 1875.

St. John's Episcopal, Madison Square
This Gothic Revival style church dates from 1853 and was designed by Calvin N. Othis of Buffalo, NY. It is known for its 47 bell chimes
heard since 1854.

Second African Baptist Church, Greene Square
The second oldest black Baptist church in North American, organized in 1802. In this church, in 1865, Union General Rufus Saxon read Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation to the newly freed slaves. This was also where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous "I have a dream" sermon.

Wesley Monumental United Methodist Church, Calhoun Square
A monument to John and Charles Wesley, founders of Methodism.
Patterned after Queen's Kirk in Amsterdam, it was completed in 1890. The Gothic Revival building is said to be one of the handsomest Methodist Churches in the South.

Temple Mickve Israel, Monteray Square
The third oldest congregation in the US practicing Reformed Judaism, just five months after Oglethorpe landed with the original colonists. This structure was developed from a sketch by Henry G. Harrison and consecrated in 1878. It is the only purely Gothic Revival synagogue in America.

Trinity United Methodist Church, Telfair Square
Began as Wesley Chapel in 1812, it is the oldest Methodist congregation in Savannah. The present building, designed by John B. Hogg, was completed in 1850 in the Greek Revival Style.

Unitarian Universalist Church, Troup Square
The Unitarian Society was formed in Savannah in 1831. This building, a Gothic structure, was designed by John S. Norris and built on Oglethorpe Square and paid for by a donation from jeweler Moses Eastman. After the church disbanded in 1860, the building was returned to Mrs. Eastman who sold the structure to the Episcopal Church who moved it to its present location on Troup Square. There it became St. Stephens, the first parish for African Americans in Georgia. That congregation sold it in 1943 to the Baptist Church. In the 1950's the Unitarian congregation was regenerated and in 1997 the Baptist Center moved to a new location and the Unitarians reclaimed their old church building. They reoccupied the church on Easter Sunday 1997.

Independent Presbyterian Church, Bull St. & Oglethorpe Ave.
The congregation was organized in 1755 and John Holden Green of Rhode Island was commissioned to design the present structure in 1816. After it burned in 1889 it was replicated by William G. Peston in the same Neoclassical style. The massive steeple, made of steel and cast iron, weighs 180 tons.