- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Immaculate Conception Church historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Fulton County
Church buildings--Georgia--Atlanta - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: 48 Martin Luther King Drive, Atlanta
Text of marker: "IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CHURCH. First Catholic Church in the Atlanta area and the oldest complete building standing indowntown Atlanta.The church was established in 1848. The firstbuilding, a frame structure, was erected here in 1851. Father Thomas O'Reilly, its pastor, successfully appealed to Union General H.W. Slocum in 1864 to spare his church and the neighborhood. Thus, the church, four other churches, and the City Hall-Court House were saved from destruction when Atlanta was burned. Cornerstone of this structure laid in 1869. Completed and dedicated in 1873. Designated a Shrine in 1954. 060-198 GEORGIA HISTORIC MARKER 1981" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_immaculate-conception-church
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_immaculate-conception-church
- 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:
-
