Summary
All Saints' Episcopal Church is an Episcopal church in Atlanta, Georgia. The church was founded in 1903, with the current building constructed in 1906.
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| 33°46′17″N 84°23′16″W / 33.77139°N 84.38778°W | |
| Location | 634 West Peachtree Street NW Atlanta, Georgia 30308 |
| Denomination | Episcopal Church |
| Website | allsaintsatlanta |
| History | |
| Founded | May 31, 1903 |
| Consecrated | December 9, 1908 |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | Thomas Henry Morgan John Robert Dillon |
| Architectural type | Gothic |
| Completed | April 8, 1906 |
| Administration | |
| Province | Province IV |
| Diocese | Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta |
History edit
In the early 1900s, Episcopalians in what is now midtown Atlanta petitioned the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia to establish a new church in midtown. During this time, the city of Atlanta was growing and expanding northward, and Episcopalians in the northern parts of the city wanted a place of worship closer to them than the churches in downtown Atlanta, which at the time included what would become the Episcopal Cathedral of Saint Philip.[1] In 1901, Mary Jane Thompson Peters, the widow of prominent Atlanta businessman Richard Peters, donated land for the construction of a new church.[2][3] This parcel, located at the intersection of North Avenue and West Peachtree Street, had previously been a part of Peters Park, a planned but never realized neighborhood in Atlanta that became much of the main campus of the Georgia Institute of Technology.[4]
On April 11, 1903, a cornerstone for a church building at the site was placed, with Holy Communion first held at the church on May 31 of that year with 45 members.[2] This building, a wooden structure, was designed by Harriett Dozier, one of the few women architects active at this time.[3][5] In 1906, this building was demolished and replaced with a Gothic sandstone building.[2] This building was designed by the architectural firm of Thomas Henry Morgan and John Robert Dillon.[3][6] Service was first held in this building on April 8, 1906, and it was consecrated two years later on December 9, 1908.[2] This current structure features several large stained glass windows, several of which are from Tiffany & Co.[2][7]
In 2003, the church commissioned a new pipe organ from American-based John-Paul Buzard Pipe Organ Builders, the Opus 29.[8][9] In 2020, American businesswoman and diplomat Anne Cox Chambers's funeral was held at All Saints'.[10]
References edit
- ^ Garrett 1969, pp. 442–443.
- ^ a b c d e Garrett 1969, p. 443.
- ^ a b c "History". All Saints' Episcopal Church. Archived from the original on January 1, 2011. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
- ^ MacDougald 1947, p. 34.
- ^ Allaback 2008, p. 76.
- ^ Martin 1987, p. 49.
- ^ "All Saints' Episcopal Church". Atlanta Preservation Center. Archived from the original on March 11, 2015. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
- ^ "All Saints' Episcopal Church". American Guild of Organists. Archived from the original on September 24, 2020. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
- ^ "Buzard Opus 29 Atlanta, Georgia". John-Paul Buzard Pipe Organ Builders. May 25, 2015. Archived from the original on April 25, 2016. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
- ^ Brett 2020.
Bibliography edit
- Allaback, Sarah (2008). The First American Women Architects. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-03321-6 – via Google Books.
- Brett, Jennifer (February 6, 2020). "'Thank you, Honey.' Atlanta gathers to remember Anne Cox Chambers". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Cox Enterprises. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
- Garrett, Franklin M. (1969). Atlanta and Environs: A Chronicle of Its People and Events, 1880s-1930s. Vol. II. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 978-0-8203-3904-7 – via Google Books.
- MacDougald, Louise Black (December 1947). "My Seventh Move". Atlanta Historical Bulletin. VIII (32). Atlanta Historical Society – via Atlanta History Center.
- Martin, Harold H. (1987). Atlanta and Environs: A Chronicle of Its People and Events, 1940s-1970s. Vol. III. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 978-0-8203-3906-1 – via Google Books.
External links edit
Media related to All Saints' Episcopal Church (Atlanta) at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
