Built in 1851. The church was forced to close prior to the Civil War because of it's stand against slavery. After the war, freed slaves bought the church, partially dismantled it and rolled it to it's present location on Troup Square. For the next 80 years it was known as St. Stephen Episcopal Church, the first African Episcopal Church in Georgia. In 1997, the Unitarian's reclaimed the church. The other claim to fame the church has is that the first organist of the church, James Pierpont, composed Jingle Bells.
Andy Sarge
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