Pike Road in Montgomery County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Grace Episcopal Church

Photographed by Bruce InCharlotte, May 7, 2023

1. Grace Episcopal Church Marker

Inscription. In the late 1850s the cluster of Episcopal families around Mt. Meigs undertook to build a church and engaged Pennsylvania architect Joseph W. Pierson to prepare the plans. The plans were submitted in April 1861, but due to the hardships caused by the Civil War and its aftermath, it was over 30 years before the church was actually built. Finally becoming a reality in 1893, Grace Church was constructed according to Pierson's original plans in the “Gothic Revival” style popular for rural Episcopal churches all across the South during the 1850s. The auxiliary buildings and the church gardens are of a much more recent construction to reflect the style of the original sanctuary.

Erected 2000 by the East Montgomery County Historical Society & the Alabama Historical Association.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the Alabama Historical Association series list. A significant historical month for this entry is April 1861.

Location. 32° 21.311′ N, 86° 5.703′ W. Marker is in Pike Road, Alabama, in Montgomery County. It is on Pike Road (County Route 85) 0.1 miles north of Antioch Lane, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 906 Pike Road, Pike Road AL 36064, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Alabama’s Tri-Counties River Region.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Black Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

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At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Georgia Washington School (approx. 0.4 miles away); Antioch Baptist Church (approx. half a mile away); Ulibahali (approx. 0.7 miles away); Ray Cemetery (approx. 2.4 miles away); The Oaks Plantation (approx. 2.9 miles away); Lucas Tavern (approx. 3.2 miles away); Taylor Field (approx. 3.4 miles away); Lucas Hill Cemetery (approx. 3.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Pike Road.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Chantilly Plantation (was approx. 0.9 miles away but has been permanently removed).

Grace Episcopal Church Sign image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, February 27, 2014

2. Grace Episcopal Church Sign

Grace Episcopal Church image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, February 27, 2014

3. Grace Episcopal Church

Photographed by Mark Hilton, February 27, 2014

4. Grace Episcopal Church Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 14, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 27, 2014, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 991 times since then and 45 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on June 14, 2023, by Bruce InCharlotte of Charlotte, North Carolina. 2, 3, 4. submitted on February 27, 2014, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.