National Register of Historic Places

Rockwell Universalist Church

Winder, Barrow County, Georgia
Listed
May 1, 1985
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
85000933

About this property

The Rockwell Universalist Church near Winder, Georgia is a rural church built in 1881 in simple Greek Revival style. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1985. It was deemed architecturally significant as a "good example" of its type of post-Civil War rural churches, being a one-room wood-frame church with no ornamentation and Greek Revival styling. It was also deemed significant as one of few Universalist churches ever to exist in the State of Georgia. Its NRHP nomination posits that Universalists, though the fifth largest religious denomination in the U.S. before the American Civil War, "did not prosper in Georgia due to their lack of organization and official discipline...[they] were overwhelmed by the popularity of the Baptists and Methodists who comprised over 90 percent of those identifying church affiliation in 1850 in Georgia."

Location

Winder, Barrow County, Georgia
34.03543, -83.71358

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Nearby Historic Sites

North Broad Street Residential Historic District
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Athens-Candler-Church Street Historic District
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Jackson-Johns House
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Broad Street Commercial Historic District
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Barrow County Courthouse
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When was Rockwell Universalist Church listed on the National Register?

Rockwell Universalist Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 1, 1985.

What type of historic resource is Rockwell Universalist Church?

Rockwell Universalist Church is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Rockwell Universalist Church?

The period of significance for Rockwell Universalist Church is recorded as the industrial era.

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