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Travelers Rest CME Church of Montezuma, Georgia

The Travelers Rest CME Church is just south of Montezuma, Georgia. Once completely overgrown, efforts have been made to clean up the cemetery and the brush around the building. Unfortunately, the building is likely too far gone to be preserved unless someone with very deep pockets comes forward.

The Travelers Rest CME Church was built on land deeded to it by the Travelers Rest Methodist Church in 1884. The church remained active until 1994.

This view shows that the back side of the church is entirely open to the elements.

Carnegie Library-Montezuma, Georgia

Funded in 1906 by Andrew Carnegie for $10,000, the library began construction later that year. Masons banded together to assist in the construction and modeled the building after the library built in Albany.