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Creation Date
9-3-2011
Building Name
St Joseph's Catholic Church
Description
St Joseph's Catholic Marker, Macon GA
The text on the marker reads as :
" The history of Roman Catholicism in Macon dates to a visit in 1829 by Bishop John England of the Diocese of Charleston and the subsequent migration of Irish Catholic families in the 1830s. In 1841, Macon´s Catholics received their first pastor, Father James Graham. A succession of buildings and sites was purchased and used by Macon´s Catholics during the nineteenth century, until the construction of St. Joseph´s Catholic Church at this location from 1889-1903. This Gothic Revival structure, designed by Brother Cornelius Otten, features a domed cupola, flying buttresses, stained-glass windows from Bavaria , and a high altar of Carrara marble."
Sponsored by the Georgia Historical Society.
Latitude, Longitude
32.83749167, -83.63364167
Recommended Citation
George Lansing Taylor, Jr.
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