Near Lumpkin in Stewart County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
Green Grove Missionary Baptist Church / Green Grove Schoolhouse
Photographed By David Seibert, August 13, 2011
1. Green Grove Missionary Baptist Church / Green Grove Schoolhouse Marker
Side 1
Inscription.
Green Grove Missionary Baptist Church, also, Green Grove Schoolhouse. . Side 1:
Green Grove Missionary Baptist Church. This church served as the focus for the religious, educational and cultural life of African Americans in the Green Grove community during the late 19th century and well into the 20th century. Deacons Perry Hudson, Isaac Shorter and Lewis Cherry held the first church assembly under a brush arbor in 1886. The first church building was destroyed by a tornado c. 1919 and the second house of worship was consumed by a fire c. 1924. The congregation then moved the church to the present site which is three miles south of the original location., Side 2:
Green Grove Schoolhouse. The old schoolhouse was moved to the Green Grove community from the nearby community of Wesley Chapel and rebuilt at this site c. 1937. During the next 21 years the school produced many professionals which included a large number of teachers. The Stewart County Board of Education closed the school in 1958 and sold it to the African American trustees in the community. Green Grove was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. Today the complex continues to serve the religious, educational and cultural needs of families and friends whose lives have been shaped by the historic church and schoolhouse.
Side 1:
Green Grove Missionary Baptist Church
This church served as the focus for the religious, educational and cultural life of African Americans in the Green Grove community during the late 19th century and well into the 20th century. Deacons Perry Hudson, Isaac Shorter and Lewis Cherry held the first church assembly under a brush arbor in 1886. The first church building was destroyed by a tornado c. 1919 and the second house of worship was consumed by a fire c. 1924. The congregation then moved the church to the present site which is three miles south of the original location.
Side 2:
Green Grove Schoolhouse
The old schoolhouse was moved to the Green Grove community from the nearby community of Wesley Chapel and rebuilt at this site c. 1937. During the next 21 years the school produced many professionals which included a large number of teachers. The Stewart County Board of Education closed the school in 1958 and sold it to the African American trustees in the community. Green Grove was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. Today the complex continues to serve the religious, educational and cultural needs of families and friends whose lives have been shaped by the historic church and schoolhouse.
Erected
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2000 by Historic Chattahoochee Commission and the Friends of the Green Grove Missionary Baptist Church, School and Cemetery Complex.
Location. 32° 0.47′ N, 84° 51.7′ W. Marker is near Lumpkin, Georgia, in Stewart County. Marker is on Old Eufaula Road (County Route 149) 0.6 miles east of County Route 13, on the left when traveling west. Old Eufaula Road extends west from the Stewart-Quitman High School, southwest of Lumpkin. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Lumpkin GA 31815, United States of America. Touch for directions.
2. Green Grove Missionary Baptist Church / Green Grove Schoolhouse Marker
Side 2
Photographed By David Seibert, August 13, 2011
3. Green Grove Missionary Baptist Church / Green Grove Schoolhouse Marker
Side 1
Photographed By David Seibert, August 13, 2011
4. Green Grove Missionary Baptist Church / Green Grove Schoolhouse Marker
Side 1
The church is in the center, and Old Eufaula Road (County Rod 149) on the right.
Photographed By David Seibert, August 13, 2011
5. Green Grove Missionary Baptist Church / Green Grove Schoolhouse Marker
Side 2
Photographed By David Seibert, August 13, 2011
6. Green Grove Missionary Baptist Church
Photographed By David Seibert, August 13, 2011
7. Green Grove Schoolhouse
Credits. This page was last revised on November 15, 2021. It was originally submitted on October 19, 2009, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. This page has been viewed 2,049 times since then and 57 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on September 7, 2011, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.
