Christ Church (Macon, Georgia)

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32°50′18.5″N83°37′35.2″W / 32.838472°N 83.626444°W / 32.838472; -83.626444
Location582 Walnut Street
Macon, Georgia 31201
Denomination Episcopal Church
Previous denomination Protestant Episcopal Church in the Confederate States of America (1861–1865)
Website www.christchurchmacon.com
History
FoundedMay 5, 1825
Consecrated 1838 (first building)
May 2, 1852 (current building)
Architecture
Style Gothic
Completed1834 (first building)
1851 (current building)
Demolished1851 (first building)
Administration
Province Province IV
Diocese Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta
Christ Episcopal Church
NRHP reference No. 71000250
Added to NRHPJuly 14, 1971

Christ Church is an Episcopal church in Macon, Georgia. Founded in 1825, it was the first church established in the city. The current building was built in 1851 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.

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History

Christ Episcopal Church circa 1876 Christ Episcopal Church, Walnut Street, circa 1876 - DPLA - 0fb50b548b166fd765d30d92e1ef7a93.jpeg
Christ Episcopal Church circa 1876

Christ Church was founded by Reverend Lot Jones on May 5, 1825 while on a mission through Georgia. [1] Organized only three years after Macon was incorporated, it was the first church to be founded in the city. [1] [2] In 1826, the fourth convention for the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia was held at the Macon parish, with Bishop Nathaniel Bowen of the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina presiding. [3] The first building was constructed in 1834 [1] and later consecrated in 1838. [2] On February 24, 1844, Thomas Fielding Scott was ordained priest by Bishop Stephen Elliott in this building. [4] In 1851, the church building was demolished and replaced by the current structure, a Gothic building which was consecrated by Elliott on May 2, 1852. [1] [2] In October 1863, the church donated its large church bell to the Macon Arsenal as part of the war effort. [5] It would later be replaced in 1868. [1] On December 19, 1867, noted poet Sidney Lanier was married in the church. [1] On July 14, 1971, the church was added to the National Register of Historic Places. [6]

In 1999, a Fisk organ was installed in the nave. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Georgia Historical Society 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 "History". Christ Church. Archived from the original on April 17, 2019. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  3. Perry 1885, p. 205.
  4. Onofrio 1999, p. 193.
  5. Iobst 2009, pp. 149–150.
  6. "Christ Episcopal Church". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service . Retrieved May 16, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. "History – Christ Church" . Retrieved September 24, 2023.

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