First Baptist Church - 100 - Hamilton County Courthouse, Chattanooga TN
N 35° 03.003 W 085° 18.395
16S E 654441 N 3879903
A bronze tablet on a pink granite monument commemorating the founding of the First Baptist Church at this location in 1852
Waymark Code: WMWRV4
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 10/08/2017
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A bronze tablet on a pink granite monument commemorates the founding of the First Baptist Church at this location in 1852. Within a few decades the First Baptist Church of decided to move to another site and the land was sold to Hamilton County for use as the courthouse site.
In 1952, the Centennial of the founding of First Baptist Church, parishioners returned to the site of their first home and dedicated this handsome monument which reads as follows:
"To commemorate the founding of
THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Chattanooga, Tennessee
on this site
May 29, 1852
"Things seen are temporal"
measured in years by man
only God measures eternity
Dedicated May 29, 1952."
Anniversary Year: 1952
Year of Event, Organization or Occurance: 1852
Address:
625 Georgia Avenue
Chattanooga, TN
Website: Not listed
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