- Collection:
- Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library Postcard Collection
- Title:
- First Christian Church, Athens, Ga
- Creator:
- Asheville Post Card Co. (Asheville, N.C.)
- Publisher:
- Asheville, N.C. :Asheville Card Company
- Date of Original:
- 1930/1945
- Subject:
- Church buildings--Georgia--Athens
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)--Georgia--Athens
Postcard--Georgia--Athens - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Clarke County, Athens, 33.96095, -83.37794
- Medium:
- postcards
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Postcard (color, linen textured, divided back, 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches) titled A-84 First Christian Church, Athens, Ga, featuring the street view of a building labeled A-84 The First Christian Church, Athens, Georgia. The building was designed by G. W. Kramer, architect. Grandison M. Caskey served as contractor for the construction of the Akron Plan facility, a scheme for the design of churches and other religious buildings that housed Sunday schools characterized by a set of wedge-shaped classrooms The building was dedicated on Sunday, December 19, 1915, with a building cost of $46,000.Text on reverse: The First Christian Church was organized in May 1876. The present building was completed in December 1915. It houses a congregation of the communion known as Disciples of Christ and is dedicated to the restoration of New Testament Christianity and to the unity of God's People.
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgz_epogpc_mccls-pstcrd-117
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgz_epogpc_mccls-pstcrd-117#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgz_epogpc_mccls-pstcrd-117/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 postcard : col. ill.
- Original Collection:
- Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library Postcard Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Moultrie-Colquitt County Library System
- Rights:
-
