Sacred Heart Catholic Church - Baldwin County - GHM 005-26
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Thorny1
N 33° 04.903 W 083° 13.538
17S E 292261 N 3662549
Located at the corner of East Hancock and Jefferson Streets, Milledgeville.
Waymark Code: WM4G9B
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 08/20/2008
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Sacred Heart Catholic Church
The first Catholic mass was celebrated at Milledgeville in April, 1845, at the Hugh Treanor apartment in the Newell Hotel. Bishop Ignatius Reynolds of the diocese of Charleston, accompanied by Father J.F. O'Neill, visited here in 1847. In 1850 this parish was incorporated in the new Diocese of Savannah. the church structure was built in 1874 and Robert Kennedy was the first resident priest, 1899-94.
This site was previously occupied by elegant La Fayette Hotel which opened in October, 1824, and had as its guest Gen. Marquis de La Fayette in 1825.
GHM 005-26 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1961
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 005-26
Date: 1961
Sponsor: Not listed
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