Christ Church (Macon, Georgia)

The current building was built in 1851 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.

Christ Church was founded by Reverend Lot Jones on May 5, 1825 while on a mission through Georgia.

[1] Organized only three years after Macon was incorporated, it was the first church to be founded in the city.

[2] On February 24, 1844, Thomas Fielding Scott was ordained priest by Bishop Stephen Elliott in this building.

[1] On December 19, 1867, noted poet Sidney Lanier was married in the church.

Christ Episcopal Church circa 1876