North Avenue Presbyterian Church

North Avenue Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church at 607 Peachtree Avenue, NE in Atlanta, Georgia. The church building was completed in 1900 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

North Avenue Presbyterian Church
North Avenue Presbyterian Church, 2009
Location607 Peachtree Ave., NE, Atlanta, Georgia
Coordinates33°46′16″N 84°23′4″W
Area0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built1900 (1900)
ArchitectBruce, Alexander Campbell; Morgan, Thomas Henry
Architectural styleRomanesque
Websitehttps://www.napc.org/history/
NRHP reference No.78000984[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 17, 1978

History

As the city grew to the north, several Presbyterians felt the need for a new church in the area. The first organizational meeting for the new church were held about 1894 by Mrs. Joseph M. High, Mrs. J. D. McCarty, and Mrs. Clem Harris, who were members of the First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta. The official founding was in December 1898 and included 100 members from First Presbyterian, 15 from Central Presbyterian Church, and one from Athens Presbyterian Church.[2][3]

In 1909, the church created the North Avenue Presbyterian School, which by 1951 would become The Westminster Schools.[4][5]

Notable attendees

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "History". North Avenue Presbyterian Church. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
  3. Garrett 1969, p. 366.
  4. Garrett 1969, p. 549.
  5. Jones, Sharon Foster (February 27, 2012). Atlanta's Ponce de Leon Avenue: A History. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-1-61423-468-5 – via Google Books.
  6. Gray, Heather (October 4, 2017). "Part Two: Atlanta and the Klan 1982 – interview with James Venable". Justice Initiative International. Retrieved January 7, 2020.

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