Cobbtown Baptist Church was organized in 1906 by Dr. J. C. Brewton. The first pastor was B. F. Hogan, in 1907, and charter members were: William M. & Lucy Bird; Marshall & Mattie Hattaway; Mr. & Mrs. Luther Mills; Stiles A. & Roxie Ann Sikes; and Henry & Laura Yeomans. The present structure was completed in 1944. E. L. Harrison was the pastor at the time and the building committee was: W. L. Brown, Chairman; E. L. Vaughn, Treasurer; T. D. Slater, Construction Superintendent; R. L. Collins; and R. C. Coleman.
the white section which is the foundation was built ten or more years before the church was completed. i and some young friends played on it when i was about seven or eight years old. i lived about a block away in the house you call the sikes-collins house. i was borned and raised in cobbtown and lived within ten miles of it all my life. i’m an old man now.
The bricks are of a color seldom seen in S. GA I have seen houses made of this brick over in the center of the state
I thought the same, Victor.
I agree, Victor…very nice.
The more I look the nicer it seems. Really like the way it “sits” on the white base up to the window sills. Cant tell whether it is a different material or if the masonry has simply been painted.
This is also something as architectural jumble, but It is an amazingly sophisticated design…especially for a small church in a rural town. It certainly (at least in exterior detailing) does not appear to be a pattern book design offered by many denominations in the 1st half of the 19th century.
Make that 20th century (still can’t grasp living in the 21st)
Me, either!
And I love the yellow blocks…was trying to decided yesterday between Romanesque and Gothic, but the Gothic windows and doors seem dominant.
Beautiful Church