Needwood School - Brunswick, GA
N 31° 16.957 W 081° 26.454
17R E 458033 N 3461007
Old African-American church and one room schoolhouse, used from 1907 to the late 1960s, in this small coastal Georgia town.
Waymark Code: WM6R5K
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 07/11/2009
Views: 3
Needwood Baptist Church was organized in 1866 on nearby Broadfield Plantation as Broadfield Baptist Church of the Zion Baptist Association. This structure, built in the 1870s, was redesigned in 1885 when the church moved its congregation here. Its formation and history are representative of religious development in the context of plantation rice culture. The nearby one-room Needwood School provided elementary education for this community from 1907 until desegregation in the 1960s. Both structures are examples of early African-American vernacular architecture.
Erected by the The Georgia Historical Society and the Pilot Club of Brunswick, Inc.
1999-3 67-1
Address:
US 17, 1 mi. S of Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation State Historic Site.,
Brunswick, GA usa
00000
Web Site: Not listed
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