Second Baptist Church on Greene Square
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Markerman62
N 32° 04.594 W 081° 05.175
17S E 491860 N 3548925
Located in Greene Square, Houston and State Sts., in front of the church.
Waymark Code: WMQ44K
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 12/15/2015
Views: 3
Second Baptist Church on Greene Square was founded December 26, 1802, by Rev. Henry Cunningham and twenty-five other Baptists. General William T. Sherman and Secretary of War, Edwin M. Stanton, met with the Negroes of this city and the newly freed slaves at Second Baptist Church when Savannah surrendered to General Sherman in December 1864.
Type of Marker: Building
Marker #: None
Date: 1976
Sponsor: This marker erected in commemoration of the Bicentennial of our Country
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