{"nrhp_refnum":"01000534","name":"Notchaway Baptist Church and Cemetery","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Jct. of GA 91 amd GA 253","address_restricted":false,"city":"Newton","county":"Baker County","state":"GA","lat":31.191259530000025,"lon":-84.51737224799996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-05-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A rural Baptist church and its adjoining cemetery at the intersection of Georgia SR 91 and SR 253 near Newton in southwestern Baker County, Georgia. The one-story wood church was built in 1896.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the church is a good example of the simple vernacular church built for rural congregations in 19th-century Georgia, with unusual brackets or modillions below the eaves and largely intact interior finishes. The cemetery is significant in landscape architecture as an informal rural churchyard arranged by family plot. It is listed under Criterion C and Criteria Consideration A for its architectural and landscape design.","narrative":"Notchaway Baptist Church and Cemetery sits on a small corner lot at the junction of Georgia State Routes 91 and 253 in rural southwestern Baker County. The church is a one-story, front-gable, wood-frame building completed in 1896 after the congregation, formed before 1839, moved from a log building near Ichawaynotchaway Creek. It has weatherboard siding, two-over-two windows, two front doors with transoms, original shutters, and unusual brackets or modillions under the eaves. Inside are an open sanctuary, original pine pews, beaded-board walls and ceiling, and heart-pine floors. Additions were made in 1960 and 1977. Behind the church lies a cemetery with burials from 1876 onward, simple marble and granite markers, and family plots set off by curbing. The property was listed as a good local example of a 19th-century rural church and churchyard, with a period of significance from 1896 to 1951.","period_of_significance":"1896 - 1951","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"OTHER: rural vernacular church","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a church and cemetery; burials continue to the present. Two c. 1955 outhouses are noncontributing and have not been used since 1977.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.426384-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/01000534.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000534/6afb3fa5df-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000534/6afb3fa5df-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Justshea","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Notchaway_Baptist_Church.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Justshea</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Notchaway_Baptist_Church.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206835","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notchaway_Baptist_Church_and_Cemetery","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16895983"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/baker-county/notchaway-baptist-church-and-cemetery-01000534/"}