First Christian Church - Columbus, Mississippi
Posted by: BruceS
N 33° 29.797 W 088° 25.632
16S E 367423 N 3707255
Historical marker for church in Columbus, Mississippi.
Waymark Code: WM7RF2
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 11/26/2009
Views: 10
Text of marker:
First Christian Church
Founded, 1839, through efforts of Talbert Fanning and David Lipscomb. Present structure, erected 1849-50, housed refugee State Senate in Civil War. Here Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Agreement was signed in 1958.
The building referred to on the marker was torn down in 1968 and the church built a new building at 811 North McCrary Road