Located in a somewhat remote rural area in east central Georgia's Greene County, Bethesda Baptist Church was organized in 1785. In 1818, after spending two years making bricks by hand from clay on the property, the parishioners erected this building. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.
Built with two stories in a vernacular Federal style, the old building still looks surprisingly modern. The first floor walls are 18 inches thick, with interior brick chimneys at both ends. Remnants of the old slave gallery are still visible.
The church is very much alive and has an active ministry to this day, 238 years after its founding.
(Adapted from my book Backroads and Byways of Georgia.)
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