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St. Stephen's Episcopal Church Historical Marker
- St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
State Historical Marker
- Located at South Wayne and Washington Streets in
Milledgeville, Ga.
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ST. STEPHEN'S EPISCOPAL
CHURCH
This Church was organized in 1841
through the efforts of Bishop Stephen Elliott. the church building
was completed in 1843 and consecrated Dec. 10. The vestibule,
annex and Gothic roof were added later. The handmade chancel
furniture was given by an early parishioner, John Wilcox. Rev.
Rufus White was probably the first Rector and J.M. Cotting and
C.J. Paine the first Wardens. In 1864 the building was damaged
when Federal troops dynamited the nearby arsenal. In 1909 a new
organ was presented by George W. Perkins of New York who had
heard that Sherman's troops stabled horses in the building and
further damaged its contents.
005-8 GEORGIA HISTORICAL
COMMISSION 1955
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