The largest of Savannah’s squares (along with Chippewa), Johnson Square has enjoyed a first-among-equals status as the focus of civic life since the town’s founding. The square commemorates South Carolina governor Robert Johnson, who assisted Oglethorpe with the founding of the Georgia colony. Here Oglethorpe erected a sundial, recalled by the modern version (1932–1933, Henrik Wallin) installed by the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Georgia. By the early twentieth century, the square was sometimes referred to as “Bank Square.” It was one of seven squares to host an “engine house” for firefighting equipment (from at least 1820 until the 1850s at this location). Like other Savannah squares, Johnson Square has been relandscaped on several occasions, with different kinds of trees, enclosing fences, and varying amounts of grass and bushes. In 1967 local banker Mills B. Lane Jr. sponsored the current landscaping of the square, including a pair of paved plazas with circular pools, fountains, and underwater night illumination.