Needwood School - Glynn County
N 31° 16.957 W 081° 26.454
17R E 458033 N 3461007
Needwood School Historical Marker - at the church 2 miles S of Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation on US 17.
Waymark Code: WM3CH
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 11/04/2005
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Needwood Baptist Church State Historical Marker
Needwood Baptist Church was organized in 1866 on nearby Broadfield Plantation as Broadfield Baptist Church of the Zion Baptist Association. This structure, built in the 1870s, was redesigned in 1885 when the church moved its congregation here. Its formation and history are representative of religious development in the context of plantation rice culture. The nearby one-room Needwood School provided elementary education for this community from 1907 until desegregation in the 1960s. Both structures are examples of early African-American vernacular architecture.
Erected by the The Georgia Historical Society and the Pilot Club of Brunswick, Inc.
1999-3 67-1
Type of Marker: Building
Marker #: 67-1
Date: 1999
Sponsor: The Georgia Historical Society and the Pilot Club of Brunswick, Inc.
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