HISTORIC PRESERVATION DIVISION
Reflections
Georgia African .American Historic Preservation Network
Volume XV, No. 4
July 2019
AT THE CROSSROAD: VISITING GEORGIA'S RURAL BLACK CHURCHES
Ariymme Colston, Special Contributor Graduate Student, Candler School of11teology, Emory University
The African American programs office at Georgia Historic Preservation Division engaged summer intern Ariymme Colston to assess data and inquiries regarding some ofGeorgia's rural historic African American churches, i11 an effort to identify those in danger ofbeing lost. After reviewing more than 150 entries and files compiled over the last 15 years, Ms. Colston set out to prioritize those ide11tified rural churches and to conduct site visits with HPD program staffover the course ofeight weeks. In the following report, Ms. Colston shares her observations while visiting three rural historic African American churches and meeting those advocates working to save them.
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M y internship is part of a deeper quest to save the physical evidence of Black religion in Georgia-older and historic Black churches-that represents the enduring faith of the founders but are rapidly slipping away. This quest led me to three rural churches in West, Central, and North Georgia respectively; each exhibits varying levels of structural integrity, community support, and preservation potential. All confirm the need for ongoing documentation and targeted technical assistance. Mt. Zion Baptist Church sits near the dead end ofa residential road cut off by Interstate 85. The well-maintained' church epitomizes AfricanAmerican vernacular ecclesiastical architecture and its adaptation through the years.' Two white, wooden towers stand on each side of the edifice, indicating that the church's original white clapboard hides beneath its current red brick exterior. The congregation organized in 1868, but Rev. Van X. Shrieves explained that the church we were visiting was built in 1906. Like most Black churches in the rural south, Mt.
Zion stood at the center of Black life. The Mt. Zion
church campus includes a oneroom schoolhouse and a cemetery, indicating that the congregation served its members and surrounding families "from the cradle to the grave:
Just at the rear of the church, the old wooden schoolhouse suffers through the perils of neglect. And across the road named for the church is the
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cemetery, the final resting place for some of those founding
ancestors. Rev. Shrieves said the congregation wishes to
save and restore the schoolhouse and seek a National
Register district nomination for the church, school, and
cemetery.
Mt. Zion is represenlive of the many historic
black churches that desire to recognize their history
but struggle to meet the requirements for National
Register designation. In my internship I learned that
this designation involves three basic must. haves: age,
historical significance, and structural integrity. The third is likely the biggest hurdle for ML Zion and many historic
rural African American churches. The tendency is for
congregations to update edifices beyond recognition as
they choose to use their historic properties rather than abandon them. But this often means such otherwise
significant, rural Black churches may not find their way
into the national record.
University of West Georgia Archivist Shanel Murrian
joined this site visit to Mt. Zion and shared about the
African-American Clmrches in Wesl Georgia Community Archives Project that aims lo preserve and archive pieces
of history at churches established 100 years ago or earlier.
She recommended an oral history "harvest" as a first step
toward preserving Mt. Zion.
Andrews Chapel Methodist Church sits on a quiet rural road in Cohutta. It is a strange but charming single
tower church with an even stranger history: the founders
bought the edifice, then located in Tennessee, and hauled
it across the state line by mule. The town of Cohutta now owns the vacant church building.
Inside, town officials and descendent of the church,
Ms. Teresa Burse, discussed the church's history and their
hopes for the structure. Brimming with enthusiasm, they
discussed marketing, funding options, and the benefit
of National Register designation. With only one known
member of the congregation surviving and possibly no
written records remaining, this nomination process will
prove challenging. This rural church models both reasons
for optimism and for concerns as the town considers a new
use going forward. (Learn more about Andrews Chapel on
page 3) St. Paul CME Church in Sparta, Georgia is nearly
empty, save a few pews and the red carpet on the floor. Here, church trustee and local preservationist, Harrell
Lawson, shares his vision for the church he loves. Using its
history, Lawson believes this historic church can generate
interest and revenue needed to preserve itself.
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St. Paul sits tucked away at the end of a two-lane road, on the same land sold to the congregation in 1870 by the plantation owner David Dickson. TI1e paved road brings you to the back of the church which seems odd. But Lawson explained Old St Paul church was built to face the Dickson Plantation where the founding church members were enslaved. From this enslaved community rose American notables such as Rev. Lucius Hosley, Julia Fra11ces Lewis Dickson and her daughter Amanda America Dickson.
Old St. Paul C,'WE sits readyfor heritage tourists. Credit: Me/issn Jest/HP
St. Paul's congregation now worships in a new building
down the road and hosts an annual homecoming service
that packs the new sanctuary beyond capacity while "Old"
St. Paul sits unfurnished and unused.
Lawson asks how does a historic congregation
translate the need to preserve its historic edifice to a
younger generation that doesn't want to look back? How
does one make historic preservation palatable in an era of
innovation? Also, given their location, rural churches face
special challenges in drawing both attention and income lo
historic resources in sparsely populated areas. Perhaps the
dramatic true story of Amanda America Dickson2 and her
return home to the St. Paul congregation in 1870 provides
a start.
Ariyanne Colston is a dual-program graduate student pursing a Masters ofDivinity at the Candler School of 11,eology and a Juris Doctor through the Emory School ofLaw. Her research interests include 111e Black church, historical memory, and theories ofplace and space.
2 uAmanda America Dickson ( 1849 l893);' New Georgia Enccyclo pc
dia, 20I8. httpJ;llwww.;roniJa11ac:.yclope.dia,,oc~/artidcslhis1oryacchac olo~y/amanda,amcrica,dicksonl 8491893. accessed January 27, 2019.
ANDREWS CHAPEL METHODIST CHURCH OF COHUTTA, GEORGIA
Kevin ,\/c,111/iff. Co111rib1110,
Se11ior Planner. Nonl11res1 Georgia Regional Co111111isii01t
Red Clay Road is the historic axis in
The north end of Cohutta
has long been home to a well-
Cohutta, Georgia. It runs north to the
Tennessee state line and beyond. Andrews
established Black community. Freed
Chapel Methodist Church faces Red Clay
blacks who settle here contributed
to the town's growth and founding
Road where it and Pleasant Valley Road
intersect. Farm fields and fences are
of these cultural institutions that
were and continue to serve as hubs
prominently in view as one stands on the
of Black life. Land for the Colored
church steps. And less than 300 feet way,
the old Southern Railway tracks (now the
School and Pleasant Valley Baptist
Norfolk Southern Railway) run north on a
Church on land donated by W.
M. Pitner in the 1920s.>As their
high bed ofcrushed stone through town.
Cohutta began as a stacking place for wood
congregations dwindled, members
for Southern Railway locomotives and first
ofAndrews Chapel and Pleasant
incorporated in 1886.1
Valley Church worship together
in the latter building and used
Freedman Henry Andrews organized
the Andrews Chapel congregation in Red A11dr~ws Cl.iapel Methodist Church
the one-room schoolhouse as a
Clay, GA, in 1872 with the Rev. W. C.
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fellowship hall.
Wilson serving as pastor. The building now
In 2016, the last remaining
fronting Red Clay Road, built in 1902, was rolled on logs to
member ofAndrews Chapel and
its present location in 1923. Soon after, Andrew and Thomas caretaker of the building, Billy Prater arranged for the
Prater added the "wings" or transcepts giving the church its cruciform shape. During the first half of the twentieth
African Methodist Episcopal Church to donate the building to the Town ofCohutta.4 Andrews Chapel itself
century, the congregation continued to grow. Pastors over
stands empty1 but is to be converted to a public meeting
the years included W.C. Wilson, the Rev. Petty, L.S. Johnson, space, according to Cohutta Mayor Ron Shinnick.
the Rev. Fowler, the Rev. Williams, D.D. Green, Simon Snell,
J.H. Shelly, M.L. Housch, Charles L. Stovall, and Rodney B.
Weaver.2
Whether by design or happenstance, the relocated
church building is oriented so the geographical and
liturgical directions are identical. The west (front) fa4rade is
very near the street and presents a front gabled mass with a
square, engaged tower on the north side occupying almost
half of the fa4rade. The tower is entered by a double door,
and is visually balanced by one large 4X4, double-hung sash
window in the fa4rade. The bell still hangs, hidden, in the
tower.
Andrews Chapel is significant as a rural church
in the process ofevolution. It assumed a form closely
approximating the liturgical disposition of a Gothic Revival
church. It is also important as one of three buildings--a
coherent set of rural, institutional buildings, intended to satisfy the religious and educational needs of a distinct minority enclave. The two other buildings are the Colored
Sa11ct11ary ofAndrews Chapel Methodist Church. Credit: Melissa fest/ HPD
School and the Pleasant Valley Missionary Baptist Church,
both standing due west at the same intersection.
3 Whitfield-Murray Hislorical Society, An Official History of White
l Whitfield-Murray Historical Society, A11 Official History of Whitefield
County 1852-1 999, Fernandina Beach , 1999.
2 S. Danielle Shelton. Hjslnry of Andrews Chapel. Unpublished research
field County 1852-1999, Fernandina Beach, 1999.
4 "Andrews Chapel Methodist: Hislorjc Rural Churches o(Gcorgia. 2017, hu,psiUromhrcwi,o:r~kburdt/9nda:;wHhapcl:mcthodlS){. ac
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s. MAMIE GEORGE WILLAMS: TIRELESS CHAMPION OF HER PEOPLE
Velma Fann, Co11trib11tor Historian, New South Associates
Mamie George Williams (1872-1951) was a towering civic and political leader of the early 201h century. A native and a life-long resident of Savannah, she held high-ranking positions in local and national women's clubs, served as a member of the Interracial Commission of Georgia, assisted in establishing a school and home for African American girls, and rose to become one of the nation's foremost leaders ofthe Republican Party. Yet today, few speak her name. A graduate of Beach Institute in Savannah and the Atlanta University, Mrs. Williams began her life of civic service during World War I, supporting Liberty Loan Drives and other war efforts at home. She earned a coveted pin for her 2,400 hours of volunteer work with the Toussaint L0uverture branch of the American Red Cross in Savannah.
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Mrs. Williams is also credited with bringing out 40,000 Georgia women to vote in the 1920 presidential election, waging a voter's campaign and flooding the state with literature, making speeches and picketing polling places.'
1 "Club Leader Selected to G.O.P. Ranks: Mrs. Geo. S. Williams Wins High Honor;' Chicago Defender (Natio,wl Editio11), April 19
Mamie George S. Williams circa 1924 Courtesy of Georgia _Wome11 ofAcl1ievemct1t
In 1924, Mrs. Williams made national political history as the first Republican woman from Georgia and the first African American woman in the nation appointed'(and later elected) to serve on the National Republican Committee. Mrs. Williams also became the first woman in U.S. history accorded the privilege of the floor at a National Republican Convention. She spoke in defense of the Georgia delegation whose seats were being contested by the lily-white faction of the party that sought to strip Black Republicans of their power.2 She remained in politics and later expressed her devotion to politics, stating: "To many politics is a sordid game. But to me it means th~ getting of everything worthwhile out of it for the race.''3
Immediately after the 1924 convention, she gathered with other influential black women to establish the National Republican League of Colored Women, the first national political organization ofAfrican American women.
Mrs. Williams became a charter member of the Southeast Federation of Colored Women's Clubs and was elected President of the Georgia State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs. She was also elected Vice-
192.J, 3 . 2 "Mrs. Williams Chosen Again to Head Women: Nat. Republican Party Honors Georgian;' Chicago Defe11der (National Editio11), 30 June 1928, 10. 3 "National Republican Comrnitlccwoman Rates Politics Among High Calling.~ New l'ork Amsterdam News, October 29, 1930, 2.
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President of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, serving with such venerable women as Hallie Q. Brown, Mary Church Terrell, Ida B. Wells, and Mary McLeod Bethune.~
As Georgia's Republican committeewoman, Mrs. Williams was due the honor of recommending supporters to federal positions. She was repeatedly denied this privilege by President Herbert Hoover, whom she and other black Republican leaders helped to elect. \Vhen Hoover named a committee of three white men to dispense federal jobs in Georgia, the Chicago Defender wrote, "Her record is clean. No taint of corruption is charged against her. n1e only reason that can be assigned for no cons ideration being shown her is that she is Colored." s
She held her seat of political power until 1932, when the lily-white contingency successfully removed Black Republicans from key, decision-making positions. At the close of her political career, the Atlanta Daily World thanked Mrs. Williams for her service, noting that "...at no time did temptation in its glaring disguise move her to deliver her people and her party for thirty pieces of silver:.i
Mrs. Williams continued supporting the black community, serving as a Director of the Carver Bank in Savannah and as Board Member of Central (City) State College in Macon. In 1935 Williams was awarded the WaldorfClub silver loving cup for outstanding service. In the 1940s she led a movement to establish the Colored Recreation and Swimming Pool in Savannah and was instrumental in securing a grant to establish a state home for colored girls in Macon.
Born in Savannah in April 1872 to Reverend James and Sarah Miller, she was given the name Mary Frances, but was called Mamie. She married twice, and twice was widowed, marrying Forance Lambert in 1899, and George Williams in 1902. She often was referred to as Mrs. George S. Williams, carrying the name of her second husband, a respected business leader in Savannah. To her closest friends and contemporaries, she was Mamie George.
Mamie Williams died in Savannah's Charity Hospital on July 8, 1951.
In eulogizing Mrs. Williams, Sol Johnson, editor of the Sava,mah Tribune, wrote:
/11 tire passing ofMrs. (Mamie) George S. Williams, Sava,mah has lost another citizen...loyal to it to the core and a tireless cltampion ofher people...Perhaps none ofher activities gave her more satisfaction than her work with tf1e Chatham Protective Home for Negro Girls and the Girl Scouts. Many children whom she mothered bear eloquent testimony ofthe devotion to a cause to which she gave the latter years ofher life.1
Cl1arity Hospital and Trainirrg Schoolsfor Nurses built 1931 Photo by Melissa Jest.I/PD
Although battle-tested, victorious and at times standing
as a lone reed speaking out on behalf of her people,
Williams never wavered; she never gave in. Mamie George
Williams was a beacon-oflight for women and tireless
champion for her people.
A published author, Velma Maia 1110111as (Fa1111) is a historian at New South Associates, Ille., Site has researched and is writing extensively 011 Mamie George Williams, in the hope ofsecuring public recog11itio11 for Mrs. Williams and her acco111plisl1me11ts.
4 "'Georgia woman Associale Member ofNaL'I Committee: Mrs. George S, Williams Firsl to Sil on National committee of her Party; Pillsb11rgl1 Co11rier, April 26 1924. 5 ~Mrs. Williams in Conference al 1he White House;'Cliicr1go Dcfcmfer (Natio11al edition), Scplembcr 14, 1929, I. 6 "Mrs. Mamie Williams: Atlmrtn Daily World, 17 June 1932, 6. Also
"Georgia Woman Associale Member ofNat'I Committee: Mrs. George
S. Williams r:irst to Sit on National Committee of her Party;' Pittsburgh Courier, 26 April 1924, 3.
7 Charles Lwanga Hoskins, Yet Witli A Steady Beat: Biogmpliics ofEarly Black Sam,mnh. (Savannah: TI1e Gullah Press, 2001), 301.
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CARRIE MAE HAMBRICK DAY: CELEBRATING SERVICE AND COMMUNITY IN STOCKBRIDGE
Lisa Fareed, Special Co11tributor Progam Assistant, Stockbridge Mai11 Street Program, City ofStockbridge, Georgia
For 11 years running, hundreds reunite in the
Tye Street neighborhood to pay homage to a lady and
a landmark that served the community for over 50
years. The third Saturday in May is reserved for the
Carrie Mae Hambrick
Commemorative
Celebration organized
by the Stockbridge Civic
Association.
To honor this
neighborhood icon,
the Stockbridge Main
Street Program unveiled
a historic marker and
interpretive signage during
this year's celebration.
This "Green Front Cafe
Identification Project" was
Carrie Mae Hamrick. c. 1940 made possible by a Georgia
Co11r1esy ofthe Hambrick Fan11/y Photo Collect,on
Department ofEconomic Development Tourism
Product Developm~nt
Grant. Mayor Anthony S. Ford and local leaders spoke
of the legacy ofMrs. Hambrick and her SO-plus years
of selfless service. And following the tradition ofMrs.
Hambrick, all were welcome to the day-long celebration
and no one left hungry. Carrie Mae Slaughter was born 100 years ago on
March 8, 1919 in Jonesboro, Georgia. Through the
popularity of her Green Front Cafe, she became a
respected businesswoman. Through her philanthropy,
she became a pillar of the community. Believed to be the
first restaurant in Stockbridge where Blacks and Whites
safely dined together despite the prevalent segregation
of the time, the Green Front Cafe was one ofthe town's best loved gathering places. 1
In the 1940s Stockbridge was a farming town in
Henry County. The population was less than 500, and
there was a Jim Crow culture. The downtown had a few
essential businesses such as the general slore, pharmacy,
and feed store. With the closest eateries being miles
away in Morrow, workers from the rock quarry and
surrounding cottonfields did not have many options
for a wholesome meal until a young woman began
1 Oral histories collected in 2018 as part of the The Green Front Cafe /de111ijicatio11 Project. Stockbridge Main Street Program, City ofStockbridge, Georgia
operating a small cafe out of her home in 1949.
With her husband, Hime Hambrick, Sr., Carrie Mae
Hambrick acquired their home from her cousin, Argustus
"Rat" Slaughter, who built it in 1947. Mr. Hambrick was
a WWII veteran and longtime employee of Atlanta Army
Depol. Together, they nurtured a family of five, and later,
a community of hundreds. Warm and welcoming to all,
Mrs. Carrie Mae, as she was called, created a sense of place
and belonging for the community. The little green building
at 112 Second Street became a local hub. It was common
to call the cafe's pay phone to get a message out to someone
who would be passing through. Mrs. Carrie Mae became
the friend and advisor to elected officials and longtime
neighbors. She used her cafe to support causes or would
partner with leadership to "get things done':
Nestled within a tight knit community, Mrs. Carrie Mae
served soul food delicacies and her sought-after cornbread
at a good price. She had simple selections like hot dogs
on toasted buns, and hamburgers made-from-scratch that
were said to rival any craft burger today. Kids from both
sides of the railroad track loved Mrs. Carrie Mae too. She
and her business sponsored a youth baseball team called
the Stockbridge Pirates. Every summer she arranged trips
to nearby amusement parks for a busload of neighborhood
kids.
Carrie Mae Hambrick passed away on January 17,
2010 at age 90. The Green Front Cafe closed in 2008 and
sat vacant for several years. In 2018, the mother-daughter-
team ofDiane and Malana Miller ofStockbridge took up
that challenge ofreviving the beloved business when they
purchased the building. According to Mrs. Miller, the
renewed Green Front Cafe will serve both area patrons and
those visiting
the nearby
Martin
Luther King,
Sr. Heritage
Trail, with
health-
conscious,
comfort
foods and
refreshments.
111c Green Front Cafe is currently under re11ovatio11.
P/roto credit: Melissa Jest/HPD
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.ANNOUNCEMENTS
2019 Statewide Historic Preservation Conference September 18 through 20 in Rome
This annual educational conference is presented by Georgia Historic Preservation Division (HPD) and the Georgia Trust with the City ofRome and Georgia Alliance of Preservation Commission. This covening offers mobile tours, educational sessions and ample networking opportunites for professionals and grassroots advocates alike. Set in Rome, Georgia, the two-and-half day convening will highlight area projects like the Fairview School/Rosenwald campus in nearby Cave Spring.
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For more information, contact Georgia HPD conference coordinator Sarah Love- Sarah.Love~dnr.ga.gov
Georgia Historic Preservation Division 2610 Georgia Highway 155 SW Stockbridge, Georgia 30281
www.georgiashpo.org I 770 389 7844
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GAAHPN celebrates 30 years, welcomes new volunteer board members
Come join the GAAHPN steering board at the Statewide conference in Rome as they mark 30 years of preservation service. The GAAHPN board also seeks diverse, energetic volunteer board and committee members to help pteserve and promote Georgia's rich legacy of historic places, spaces and stories. With support from GAAHPN leaders, Georgia HPD was among the first state preservation offices to establish a dedicated technical assistance program focused on African American heritage.
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Georgia Arric:in Amcricun Historic PrcscrY11tion Network
Contact GAAHPN liaison Melissa Jest at melissa.jest@dnr.ga.gov for more information about volunteering with GAAHPN.
Georgia Historic Preservation Division 2610 Georgia Highway 155 SW Stockbridge, Georgia 30281
www.georgiashpo.org I770 389 7844
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