Monthly Archives: July 2011
Ardoch
The text of this historic marker, on U. S. Highway 17 notes: Near here was Ardoch Plantation, home of the McDonalds and Gignilliats from Colonial Days through the Civil War when it was sold to former slaves. During the Revolutionary … Continue reading
Filed under --MCINTOSH COUNTY GA--
Nativitiy of Our Lady Catholic Church, 1945, Darien
McIntosh County has a potentially important claim to fame in Catholic and North American history. Scholars suggest that the first Mass on the mainland of the New World was likely celebrated by a Dominican priest accompanying the colonist Lucas Vasquez … Continue reading
Filed under --MCINTOSH COUNTY GA--, Darien GA
First Presbyterian Church, 1900, Darien
The oldest Presbyterian congregation in Georgia, the Darien church was founded in Jaunary 1736 by settlers from Inverness, Scotland. The first recorded building, constructed in 1820 on the present location of the First African Baptist Church, was burned by Union … Continue reading
Filed under --MCINTOSH COUNTY GA--, Darien GA
First African Baptist Church, 1868, Darien
The most historic African-American congregation in Darien, and perhaps the entire central part of the Georgia coast, Darien’s First African Baptist was founded in 1822. The present design is based on the design of the church built in 1834, which … Continue reading
Filed under --MCINTOSH COUNTY GA--, Darien GA
Clapboard House, Third Street
This photograph illustrates one of the most common styles of vernacular frame Southern houses of the early twentieth century, sided with clapboard and featuring an offset front porch.
Filed under --MCINTOSH COUNTY GA--, Darien GA
