- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Rockwell Universalist Church historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Barrow County
Church buildings--Georgia--Winder - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Barrow County, Winder, 33.99261, -83.72017
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Located partially in trees on Ga. 53 at Rockwell Church Rd. 2.8 miles from Ga. 53-Ga. 11 junction north of Winder
Text of marker: "ROCKWELL UNIVERSALIST CHURCH. Organized 1839 - second oldest Universalist Church in Georgia. Located here near original site of Rockwell School, oldest school in this section, and Rockwell Masonic Lodge. Confederate Soldiers enlisted and drilled here 1861-1865. Church reorganized in 1867 by Dr. L. F. W. Andrews as first Universalist Church of then Jackson County, and called Mulberry Church. Voting precinct and Justice Court, known as House's District, were located here until 1900. Present building erected 1881, and name changed to Rockwell Church. Paul Hill deeded the land to the church. ERECTED BY ROCKWELL CHURCH, AUGUST 1978" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_rockwell-universalist-church
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_rockwell-universalist-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:
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