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St. Paul Church 1871
St. Paul Church was built in 1871 in Bayou Goula, Louisiana. It is considered to be an example of a carpenter, folk version of Gothic Revival style. It was damaged heavily by Hurricane Gustav in September of 2009 and the community came together to restore and save this historic church. When I took this…
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St James Santee Episcopal Chapel of Ease
Chapel of Ease churches were often built when larger churches were difficult to travel to and also when village populations began to expand. St James Santee Episcopal Chapel of Ease was built in 1890. Residents of the area donated the land, funds, and carpentry skills for its construction. This is still an active church…
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Rodney, Mississippi Ghost Town
This old church was built in 1850, but hasn’t held a service in ages. It’s one of the last few original buildings left in the town once known as Rodney. It’s what one would call a ghost town and for good reason. There’s not much left in this little town. It was established in 1763,…
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Huguenot Church – Charleston, SC
Can you believe the beautiful pink color?! I’d expect nothing less from a Charleston, South Carolina building. This is the Huguenot Church. Huguenot is another word for the French Protestant movement. The original church on this site was built in 1687. Almost 110 years later, that building was blown up to prevent the spread of…
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Christ Church in Rugby, TN
Christ Church is the picturesque center of a little Victorian town in East Tennessee called Rugby. The church was organized in 1880 and the building constructed in 1887. More on the town to come!
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New Market, Tennessee Church
New Market, Tennessee is a tiny little town over in East Tennessee. With a population of about 1300, it’s known for several things. One is the distinction of being the birth place of Francis Hodgson Burnett, author of The Secret Garden and other children’s classics. She began publishing many of these when she was a…
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Historic St. John’s Episcopal Church
It’s been a while since I featured an old church! The Historic St. John’s Episcopal Church, in Tuscumbia, was built in 1852 and was the first church built in the state of Alabama in the Carpenter Gothic style. Though the building was built in 1852, they began meeting in 1839 in homes and the Methodist…
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Historic Bay Street Church
It’s been a while since I featured an old church. Bay Street Presbyterian Church was built in 1907. It was built after the congregation of Main Street Presbyterian saw the need for another church on the other side of the Gordon Creek because it regularly flooded and made it impossible for churchgoers to get there.…
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Ingram Hall Built with Old Materials
This sweet little chapel, known as Ingram Hall, was built from reclaimed materials from the original 1840 St. James Episcopal Church in Bolivar. It was built in 1875 after the congregation erected a larger building to better suit its needs.
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Historic Ellisville Church
How adorable is this old church in Ellisville, Mississippi? The Ellisville Presbyterian Church was founded in 1887 and this building erected in 1892. It’s the oldest original church building still in use in Ellisville.
