- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- First Presbyterian Church (Side 1) historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Muscogee County
Church buildings--Georgia--Columbus - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Muscogee County, Columbus, 32.46098, -84.98771
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: 1st Avenue and 11th Street, Columbus
Text of marker: "FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. The Presbyterians were granted one of the original church lots in the 1828 Columbus plan. It was on the North side of Chapel St. between Second and Third Avenues. The fourteen charter members, received in 1830, were: Edward Featherston, William Root, James S. Norman, Richard T. Marks, David Dean, Thomas B. McCreary, John Johnson, Mrs. Jane L. Marks, Mrs. Leah J. Norman, Mrs. Harriet A. Root, Mrs. Miriam Dean, Mrs. Sarah DeGraffenried, Mrs. Eliza Bullock, Miss Rebecca Featherston. In 1831 the congregation was granted a lot at the N.E. corner of Second Ave. and Tenth St., where services were held for thirty years. The move to Eleventh St. and First Ave. came in 1862. ERECTED BY THE HISTORIC CHATTAHOOCHEE COMMISSIONAND THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 1990" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_first-presbyterian-church-side-1
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_first-presbyterian-church-side-1
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright held by David Seibert. Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
