St. Thomas African Methodist Episcopal Church

St. Thomas African Methodist Episcopal Church
St. Thomas African Methodist Episcopal Church is located in Georgia
St. Thomas African Methodist Episcopal Church
Location401 N. Dooly St., Hawkinsville, Georgia
Coordinates32°17′11″N 83°28′15″W / 32.28625°N 83.47082°W / 32.28625; -83.47082
Area0.4 acres (0.16 ha)
Built1908 (1908)
Architectural styleFolk Victorian
NRHP reference No.00001477[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 7, 2000

St. Thomas African Methodist Episcopal Church is a historic African-American church in Hawkinsville, Georgia, located at 401 North Dooly Street. It is a large brick building on the northwest corner of North Dooly Street and Second Street, built 1908-1912, replacing a wood building built in 1877. Some of its historical integrity was lost due to non-historic additions and alterations. Restrooms were added in the 1950s, ceiling tiles in the 1960s, carpeting in 1982, interior partitions and new windows in 1987, new steps in 1988, and new pews and air conditioning in 1989. It has a steeply pitched gable-front roof. The interior has an open space with a pulpit, with three sections of pews. It is one of the last remaining buildings of a historically African-American neighborhood and was the largest and only brick building in the neighborhood.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 7, 2000.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Amy Pallante and Robin Brown Nail (November 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: St. Thomas African Methodist Episcopal Church". National Park Service. Retrieved January 17, 2017. with eight photos