 Savannah College of Art and Design's (SCAD) Poetter Hall at 342 Bull Street, immediately south of Madison Square | |
| Namesake | William Bull |
|---|---|
| Length | 3.39 mi (5.46 km) |
| Location | Savannah, Georgia, U.S. |
| North end | Bay Street |
| South end | Derenne Avenue |
Bull Street is a major street in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Named for Colonel William Bull (1683–1755),[1] 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.[2]
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):
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.[3]
- ^ Savannah's Bull Street: The Man Behind Its Name – B. H. Levy
- ^ Bull Street: Savannah, Georgia – Planning.org
- ^ Savannah's Old Jewish Burial Ground, The Georgia Historical Quarterly, volume 34, no. 4 (December 1950), p. 267