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St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church

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1948, John C. LeBey; 1992 rear addition, William B. Haynes. 1401 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.

With its membership dating back to 1855, when nine free blacks organized in a bakery at Perry Lane and Habersham Street, this Greek Revival church represents a familiar story of congregational growth and aspiration. The 1943 merging of St. Stephen’s Episcopal on Troup Square with St. Augustine’s Episcopal on West Broad Street prompted their move to Savannah’s premier African American main street, where they commissioned this refined building designed by an established local white architect.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Robin B. Williams with David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler
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Citation

Robin B. Williams with David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler, "St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church", [Savannah, Georgia], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/GA-02-11.4.

Print Source

Buildings of Savannah, Robin B. Williams. With David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2016, 199-199.

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