The Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church and School, in Whigham, Georgia, in Grady County, United States, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.[1]
Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church and School | |
![]() Church and school | |
Location | 232 Martin Ave., Whigham, Georgia |
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Coordinates | 30°53′4″N 84°19′45″W / 30.88444°N 84.32917°W |
Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
Built | 1920 and c.1930 |
NRHP reference No. | 08000714[1] |
Added to NRHP | July 23, 2008 |
The Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church was founded in the 1860s. It obtained the Martin Avenue property in 1878. The first church built there, a log building, was destroyed by fire in 1920, and the present church was then built that same year.[2]
The schoolhouse on the property was built around 1930, and was the only school for black children of Whigham and the area until segregation was ended in the 1970s.[2]
Regular worship at the church ceased in the 1980s; in 2008 the church was being rehabilitated.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b c Steven Moffson and Steve O'Neil (May 5, 2008). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church and School". National Park Service. Retrieved March 17, 2017.