{"nrhp_refnum":"82002477","name":"Second Methodist Church","other_names":["Ebenezer Baptist Church"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Mulberry St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lumpkin","county":"Stewart County","state":"GA","lat":32.04718848700003,"lon":-84.79359668399997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-06-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story church building on Mulberry Street in Lumpkin, Stewart County, Georgia, built about 1850 for the 2nd Methodist Church and moved to its present site around 1890, where a Victorian front facade was added.","why_significant":"It is significant in religion as the mid-19th century home of the white 2nd Methodist congregation and later, for more than half a century, a center of religious and social life for Lumpkin's black community as the Ebenezer Baptist Church. It is also significant in architecture as the only remaining 19th century church building in Lumpkin, showing both Greek Revival and Victorian styles.","narrative":"Built around 1850 as the home of Lumpkin's 2nd Methodist Church, this two-story frame church was later given to the Ebenezer Baptist congregation. Around 1890 it was moved from a white neighborhood to a black neighborhood, and a Victorian front facade with two towers topped by pyramidal roofs was added to the original Greek Revival body. The main block has a full entablature and tall two-story windows along its sides, with a central-aisle interior plan and a rear apse. For more than half a century it served as the religious and social center of Lumpkin's black community, until a new church facility largely replaced it. The donation and relocation of a church building between congregations was fairly typical in Georgia, often following construction of a new house of worship by a white congregation. It is also the only remaining 19th century church building in Lumpkin, and its two architectural styles record both the congregation's history and the town's architectural development. A survey noted poor condition and a need for roof repairs.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival with late Victorian front facade","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in poor condition, needing roof repairs and general maintenance; no longer the congregation's main church after a new church facility superseded it, though current use is listed as church.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.112804-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/82002477.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206600","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/stewart-county/second-methodist-church-82002477/"}