Christ Church | |
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Christ Church Episcopal Christ Church Savannah | |
32°4′46.3″N 81°5′26.8″W / 32.079528°N 81.090778°W | |
Location | 28 Bull Street Savannah, Georgia |
Country | United States |
Denomination | Episcopal Church |
Previous denomination | Protestant Episcopal Church in the Confederate States of America (1861–1865) |
Website | christchurchsavannah |
History | |
Founded | February 12, 1733 |
Consecrated | July 7, 1750 (first building) April 26, 1815 (second building) 1840 (current building) |
Architecture | |
Architect(s) | James Hamilton Couper (current building) |
Groundbreaking | 1744 (first building) 1801 (second building) February 26, 1838 (current building) |
Completed | 1750 (first building) 1806 (second building) 1838 (current building) |
Demolished | 1796 (first building) 1838 (second building) |
Administration | |
Province | Province IV |
Diocese | Episcopal Diocese of Georgia |
Clergy | |
Bishop(s) | The Rt. Rev. Frank S. Logue |
Rector | The Rev. Michael S. White |
Christ Church Episcopal | |
Part of | Savannah Historic District (ID66000277) |
Added to NRHP | November 13, 1966 |
Christ Church is an Episcopal church at 28 Bull Street, Johnson Square, in Savannah, Georgia. Founded in 1733, it was the first church established in the Province of Georgia and one of the first parishes within the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia, earning it the nickname "the Mother Church of Georgia". The present church building was constructed in 1838 and is located in the Savannah Historic District.