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Beth Eden Baptist Church

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1893, Henry Urban. 302 E. Gordon St.

In 1890, the Reverend Alexander Ellis left his position as pastor of the Second African Baptist Church (4.17) to organize the Beth Eden Baptist Church. Urban’s compact, Lombard Gothic red brick building differs from Savannah’s typical church architecture in being located on the rear half of a trust lot instead of facing a square. Also unusual is the building’s corner entrance framed within the stout tower crowned by a broach spire. The church’s compact interior features a gallery with broad pointed arches resting on metal columns. A block south, at 304 E. Gaston (1867), stands an unusual cruciform variation on Andrew Jackson Downing’s popular “bracketed cottage,” reflecting a suburban character appropriate for its location then on the edge of downtown, yet boasting Savannah Grey brick and an elevated two stories typical of urban townhouses.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Robin B. Williams with David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler
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Citation

Robin B. Williams with David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler, "Beth Eden Baptist Church", [Savannah, Georgia], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/GA-02-8.29.

Print Source

Buildings of Savannah, Robin B. Williams. With David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2016, 155-156.

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