Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church and School
National Register of Historic Places

Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church and School

Whigham, Grady County, Georgia
Listed
July 22, 2008
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
08000714

About this property

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. 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. 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. Regular worship at the church ceased in the 1980s; in 2008 the church was being rehabilitated.

Location

232 Martin Ave.
Whigham, Grady County, Georgia
30.88456, -84.32918

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When was Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church and School listed on the National Register?

Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church and School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 22, 2008.

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Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church and School is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church and School is recorded as the industrial era, specifically around 1930.

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