Mountain Creek AME Church is located in Sunter County. The main church building was constructed in 1890. The fellowship hall was added in 1990.
This building was on the property. The abandoned piano makes me wonder if it was the old Sunday school. It could have been an old school. I don’t believe it is an old church because tar paper isn’t typically used on churches.
Mother Easter Baptist Church was founded in 1894 in Moultrie, Georgia, by Rev. James O. Kelley and several community leaders. The church was named in honor of “Mother Easter,” believed to be Easter Smith, a widow who allowed worship services to be held in her home before the church was built. After early growth and multiple relocations due to fires in 1903 and 1905, the congregation purchased this location in 1906.
Rev. Kelley served as the first pastor, followed by a succession of leaders who guided the church through rebuilding and expansion. Notable growth occurred under Rev. J.J. Strickland from 1942 to the late 1950s, when membership increased significantly and the church was remodeled with an added annex. In 1962, Rev. Emory Harrison Hopkins became the church’s first full-time pastor. The congregation moved into their current structure in 1985.
The Old Saint Teresa Catholic Church is the oldest church in Albany, Georgia. Built by enslaved craftspeople, construction began in 1859 but was halted during the Civil War. It was completed in 1882. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
This Space Age mid-century chapel is located on the Norman College campus in Norman Park, Georgia.
Completed in 1960, it was funded by Ada Norman Baker, a trustee of the college and the daughter of the town’s founder, who donated $15,000 toward its construction.
The architect, however, remains a mystery. I would love to get my hands on old Norman College yearbooks and local newspapers to see if the answer might be hiding there.
The Thankful Missionary Baptist Church in Waynesboro, Georgia, was founded in 1878. It was part of the Walker Baptist Association, which comprised of Black churches in and around the greater Augusta, Georgia area.
The two-tower church differs from many of the two-tower churches seen around the rural South. Most include a gable in the middle. This one utilizes a flat roofline. The church was built in 1923 in the Romanesque Revival style. Romanesque Revival, in its most modest form, like this church, includes brick, towers, and arched entranceways.
Mount Carmel A.M.E. Zion Church & Campground was founded in 1866 in Heath Springs, South Carolina It is a historic African Methodist Episcopal Zion meeting site. The grounds include a brick church, about 55 cabins, an open-air arbor for worship, and a cemetery. The annual camp meeting begins the first Wednesday in September and lasts 4–5 days.
I did not explore the grounds due to several no trespassing signs. Below are images from the South Carolina Department of Archives and History. These images are part of the National Register of Historic Places nomination. It was listed in 1979.
