Owl Rock - Atlanta, GA
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N 33° 41.891 W 084° 34.786
16S E 724316 N 3731321
Quick Description: Owl Rock, located behind the Historic Owl Rock Church on Campbellton Rd. just west of Camp Creek, Atlanta, GA.
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 6/23/2009 10:18:44 AM
Waymark Code: WM6N0E
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Long Description:Text from the Georgia Historic marker located in front of the
church.
Owl Creek Church was founded in 1828 by Richmond Barge and other
members of the Mutual Rights faction that withdrew from the Mount
Gilead Methodist Episcopal Church. The church is named for an eight
foot natural rock closely resembling an owl which is to the rear of
the building.
This church has taken part in four distinct phases of Methodism
in Georgia: as an Associated Methodist Church, 1828-1830; as a
Methodist Protestant Church, 1830-1916; as a Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, 1916-1939; and, since 1939 as a Methodist Church.
The Annual Conference session of the Methodist Protestant Church
was held here in the year 1900.
During the Battle of Atlanta many skirmishes were fought in the
area and the church is mentioned frequently in the OFFICIAL
RECORDS. Following the War Between the States the church sponsored
an elementary public school. In 1921 the Sandtown School was
created as a consolidation of the Owl Rock, Boat Rock, and Sandtown
schools.