- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Montezuma Meetinghouse
- Creator:
- Yoder, Elmer S.
- Publisher:
- Yoder, Elmer S. The Amish Mennonites of Macon County, Georgia: the History of the Beachy Amish Mennonite Community of Montezuma, Georgia, from Its Settlement in 1953 through the Year 1980. Hartville, OH: Diakonia Ministries, c1981.
- Date of Original:
- 1981
- Subject:
- Mennonites--Georgia--Montezuma
Mennonite church buildings--Georgia--Montezuma
Church buildings--Georgia--Montezuma
Buildings--Georgia--Montezuma
Trees--Georgia--Montezuma
Montezuma (Ga.)--Buildings, structures, etc. - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Macon County, Montezuma, 32.30516, -84.02741
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- The first meetinghouse used by the Mennonite community in Montezuma is pictured in 1981. The community was established in 1953 and today supports three schools and three churches.
Photograph of the first meetinghouse used by the Mennonite community in Montezuma, Georgia. This is a simple white clapboard structure with a covered windows and a single door.
In 1953 a community of Beachy Amish Mennonites from Virginia formed a settlement, which thrives today near the town of Montezuma, Georgia, in Macon County. Mennonites maintain a rural, communal lifestyle, often choosing to limit the use of modern technology, dress, and entertainment. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/mennonites/m-10763/
- Rights Holder:
- Photograph from The Amish Mennonites of Macon County, Georgia, by E. S. Yoder
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/mennonites
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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