{"nrhp_refnum":"94000284","name":"St. George's Episcopal Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"132 N. Tenth St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Griffin","county":"Spalding County","state":"GA","lat":33.24985771100006,"lon":-84.26829930399998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1994-04-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A complex of three connected Episcopal church buildings at 132 North Tenth Street in Griffin, Spalding County, Georgia: an 1871 Gothic Revival stone sanctuary, an 1893 Shingle style rectory, and a 1921 parish hall.","why_significant":"It is significant under Criterion A as the center of Episcopal religious life in Griffin since the 1870s, and under Criterion C for its architecture. The sanctuary is a good example of a small Gothic Revival Episcopal church, the rectory is a Shingle style building uncommon in Georgia, and the parish hall is a stone-veneer building designed by Hentz, Reid, and Adler.","narrative":"On a wooded 1.5-acre lot west of downtown Griffin, St. George's Episcopal Church is a U-shaped group of three connected buildings: an 1871 stone sanctuary, an 1893 rectory, and a 1921 parish hall. The cruciform sanctuary follows the Gothic Revival style, with steeply pitched cross gables, pointed arched openings, exposed roof trusses and stained-glass windows. Its design may have drawn on Richard Upjohn's plan book Rural Architecture, though no architect is known. The rectory is a Shingle style building of stone and wood, unusual in Georgia, and the parish hall is stone-veneer work by the Atlanta firm Hentz, Reid, and Adler. A 1962 education wing is not counted as historic. The congregation began with a missionary visit in 1846 and was organized as a parish in 1859, the first and only Episcopal parish in Griffin. Its church has remained the gathering place for the town's small Episcopal community, and the buildings retain a high degree of integrity.","period_of_significance":"1871-1944","architect_builder":"Hentz, Reid, and Adler (Grantland Memorial Parish House, 1921); no known architect for the sanctuary","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century Revival: Gothic Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Currently owned and occupied by the original owner, St. George's Parish of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta; the rectory serves as parish office and library.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:42.8033-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/94000284.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94000284/29b3d333f4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94000284/29b3d333f4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Timkemp","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._George%27s_Episcopal_Church_(Entry).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Timkemp</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._George%27s_Episcopal_Church_(Entry).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209475","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._George%27s_Episcopal_Church_(Griffin,_Georgia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15378757"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/spalding-county/st-georges-episcopal-church-94000284/"}