Forsyth Park: The Victorian Cast Iron Fountain

Why is it significant?

Walk down the long, shaded walkway beneath arches of Spanish moss until you stand before the dazzling white cast-iron spray of the Forsyth Park Fountain.

Key Facts

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Walk down the long, shaded walkway beneath arches of Spanish moss until you stand before the dazzling white cast-iron spray of the Forsyth Park Fountain. Unveiled in eighteen fifty-eight, this iconic fountain was modeled after the grand fountains of the Place de la Concorde in Paris, ordered straight from the catalog of the Janes, Beebe and Company foundry in New York.

Look closely at the sculpted tritons, mermen, and spouting swans at the base: every Saint Patrick's Day, Savannah continues a joyous civic tradition where the mayor pours green dye into the fountain, turning the foaming spray a brilliant emerald hue to kick off one of the largest Irish celebrations in North America.

During the Civil War in eighteen sixty-four, Union General William Tecumseh Sherman's troops camped across these thirty acres of greenspace after completing their March to the Sea, sparing Savannah from burning because of its unmatched beauty.

Head north toward the river bluffs to finish your tour at Factors Walk and The Pirates' House.