- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- St. Joseph's Catholic Church historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Bibb County
Church buildings--Georgia--Macon - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Bibb County, Macon, 32.84069, -83.6324
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: 830 Poplar St., Macon
Text of marker: "St. Joseph's Catholic Church. The history of Roman Catholicism in Macon dates to a visit in 1829 by Bishop John England of the Diocese of Charleston and the subsequent migration of Irish Catholic families in the 1830s. In 1841 Macon's Catholics received their first pastor, Father James Graham. A succession of buildings and sites was purchased and used by Macon's Catholics during the nineteenth century, until the construction of St. Joseph's Catholic Church at this location from 1889-1903. This Gothic Revival structure, designed by Brother Cornelius Otten, features a domed cupola, flying buttresses, stained-glass windows from Bavaria, and a high altar of Carrara marble. 2005.13 Erected by the Georgia Historical Society, St. Joseph's Catholic Church, and Historic Macon Foundation, Inc. 11-4" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_st.-josephs-catholic-church
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_st
- 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:
-
