Category Archives: New Hope GA
Needwood Baptist Church (Interior), New Hope
For more photos of this historic African-American church, one of the most important vernacular examples in Georgia, please click on the New Hope GA category.
Filed under --GLYNN COUNTY GA--, New Hope GA
Needwood Baptist Church, 1885
Portions of this church were originally built by freed slaves on nearby Broadfield (now Hofwyl-Broadfield) Plantation in the late 1870s, where it was known as Broadfield Baptist Church. It was removed to this location and took on its present appearance … Continue reading
Filed under --GLYNN COUNTY GA--, New Hope GA
Needwood School, 1907
This school served the needs of plantation blacks from nearby Broadfield Plantation from 1907 until the late 1950s. It is a rare surviving example of African-American vernacular schoolhouse architecture in Georgia.
Filed under --GLYNN COUNTY GA--, New Hope GA
