Plains Baptist Church, Bond & Paschal Streets, Plains, Sumter County, GA

Significance: Jimmy Carter was baptized in this carpenter Gothic-style church when he was 9, and remembers it as a focus of his life in Plains. When he and Rosalynn returned to Plains, in 1953, he continued to be an active member of the congregation, teaching Sunday School and serving as an ordained deacon.

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-101

Survey number: HABS GA-2212

Building/structure dates: 1906 Initial Construction

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1906 - 1980

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