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First African Baptist Church

Erected: 1861 Images
  23 Montgomery Street
Other address:
403 West Bryan Street (side)
  
  Address before 1897:
9-11 Montgomery Street (front)
210 Bryan Street (side)
205-209 Bryan Street (side)
  
 
Franklin Ward , Trust Lot 19
 


Building Characteristics of Initial Construction:
Probable Year of Construction: 1861 (Historic Savannah (1979))
Earliest Documentation of Construction: 1884 (Sanborn)
Number of full stories: 2
Roof type:front gable
Plan type: basilical
Structural type:masonry
Cladding material: stucco
  


Subsequent Transformation of the Building:
Nature of Change: footprint increase -- building extended to the rear
Earliest Documentation of Transformation: 1888 (Sanborn)

Nature of Change: roof type modification -- steeple changed
Earliest Documentation of Transformation: 1898 (Sanborn)

Nature of Change: footprint increase -- single-story addition to rear
Earliest Documentation of Transformation: 1973 (Sanborn)

  


Occupants

Year Apt. House Part Occupant Occupation
2000
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 FIRST AFRICAN BAPTIST CHURCHreligious orgn
2000
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 FIRST ADVANTAGE OF GEORGIA
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1990
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 First African Baptist Church
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1980
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 First African Baptist Church
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1960
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 First African Bapt Ch
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(2002)


(2002)


Front elevation (1936)


General view (1936)
 
 

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