First Presbyterian Church - Prattville, Alabama
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N 32° 27.668 W 086° 28.338
16S E 549593 N 3591673
This sign tells the history of First Presbyterian Church on one side, and has a list of the original members on the other.
Waymark Code: WMDXNT
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 03/07/2012
Views: 9
The First Presbyterian Church of Prattville was organized with 13 members in 1846. Their first church was located on Bridge Street, while a second was built in 1896 at the current site. Other buildings were added over the years. In 2004, it was determined that the sanctuary building had structural problems such that it made sense to raze the building, which was done. The current building was completed in 2008, with the entrance moved to West Third Street. It is interesting that the marker makes no mention of the new church as it was placed in 1996.
The street side of the marker reads:
First Presbyterian Church of Prattvile, Alabama.
Organized 1846 by Pastor Wm. H. Mitchell, this congregation succeeded Millenium Hope Presbyterian, 2 mi. E. of town. Pastor Jas. K. Hazen (1861-77) married Mary Ticknor, niece of town founder, Danierl Pratt. They led in establishing orphanage, now Presbyterian Home for Children, Talladga. In 1867-68 Poet Sidney Lanier, principal of Prattville Male and Female Academy, was church organist. Original Greek Revival church on Bridge St. was relocated and now houses First Missionary Baptist. The 1895 Victorian church on this site burned Jan. 1941. First worrhip services in the present modified Gothic building were held in Oct. of that year.
A founding congregation of the Presbyterian Church in America, 1973.
To the Glory of the Triune God
Erected 1996 by the congregation
A sesquicentennial project
The revese side has the list of original members and notes that descendents of the original members continued to serve in the church.
Group that erected the marker: Congregation of First Presbyterian Church
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
211 South Chestnut Street
Prattville, Alabama USA
36067
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