- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Bethlehem United Methodist Church historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Barrow County
Church buildings--Georgia--Bethlehem - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Barrow County, Bethlehem, 33.93206, -83.71378
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: 709 Christmas Ave. (Ga. Highway 11) in Bethlehem, at the rear of the church, at the entrance to the church offices
Text of marker: "BETHLEHEM UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. Oldest Methodist Church in Barrow County, organized in the 1780's. Services first held two miles N.E. in log house. In 1790 a church was built nearby. The present site was originally a camp ground with an arbor, tents & cottages for camp meetings. Arbor used as mobilization center during War Between the States. Exact date church moved to this site unknown. Land deeded by Rev. John W. B. Allen to trustees in 1847. First church here torn down in 1878 and another erected. Present church was built in 1949 as a memorial to Guy Lee Thompson. Church School building added in 1967. Narthex and steeple added in 1970. Erected by Bethlehem United Methodist Church August 7, 1977" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_bethlehem-united-methodist-church
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_bethlehem-united-methodist-church
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
