Plains Baptist Church, Bond & Paschal Streets, Plains, Sumter County, GA
Summary
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
Tags
Date
1906 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Wellons, Augustus C
Carter, Jimmy
Carter, Rosalynn
Carter, Hugh
Jandoli, Liz, transmitter
Location
Plains (Ga.), 32.03641, -84.39732
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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