St. Joseph's Catholic Church-GHS 011-4-Bibb Co
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N 32° 50.243 W 083° 38.011
17S E 253501 N 3636332
830 Poplar St., Macon
Waymark Code: WM7DZY
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 10/11/2009
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The history of Roman Catholicism in Macon dates to a visit in 1829 by Bishop John England of the Diocese of Charleston and the subsequent migration of Irish Catholic families in the 1830s. In 1841, Macon´s Catholics received their first pastor, Father James Graham. A succession of buildings and sites was purchased and used by Macon´s Catholics during the nineteenth century, until the construction of St. Joseph´s Catholic Church at this location from 1889-1903. This Gothic Revival structure, designed by Brother Cornelius Otten, features a domed cupola, flying buttresses, stained-glass windows from Bavaria , and a high altar of Carrara marble.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 011-4
Date: 2005.13
Sponsor: Georgia Historical Society, St. Joseph's Catholic Church, and Historic Macon Foundation, Inc.
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