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Needwood Baptist Church (Interior), New Hope
Posted in --GLYNN COUNTY GA--, New Hope GA with tags --GLYNN COUNTY--, Copyright Brian Brown, {African-American History}. New Hope GA, {South Georgia Architecture}, {South Georgia Churches} on April 29, 2011 by Brian BrownNeedwood Baptist Church, 1885
Posted in --GLYNN COUNTY GA--, New Hope GA with tags --GLYNN COUNTY GA--, Copyright Brian Brown, New Hope GA, {African-American History}, {Coastal Georgia}, {South Georgia Architecture}, {South Georgia Churches}, {South Georgia Ghost Towns} on August 24, 2010 by Brian Brown
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 in 1885. It is now thought to be one of the most important remaining African-American vernacular churches in Georgia.
Needwood School, 1907
Posted in --GLYNN COUNTY GA--, New Hope GA with tags --GLYNN COUNTY GA--, Copyright Brian Brown, New Hope GA, {African-American History}, {Coastal Georgia}, {South Georgia Architecture}, {South Georgia Ghost Towns}, {South Georgia Schoolhouses} on August 24, 2010 by Brian Brown
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.
