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Photographer: Davis Darryl Hartness
Caption: First Christian Church Marker
Additional Description: The first structure located at 2nd Avenue and 6th Street North and was built between 1849 and 1850 for worship. During the Civil War the building was used as a meeting place for the Mississippi State Senate and also served as a hospital for wounded soldiers. The building was demolished in 1968 and First Christian Church moved to its current location on McCrary Road.
Submitted: December 2, 2008, by Davis Darryl Hartness of Columbus, Mississippi.
Database Locator Identification Number: p45506
File Size: 0.028 Megabytes

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