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Georgia Plain Baptist Church

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The main block has a steeply pitched gable roof, and is fronted by a three-part facade. The right element of the facade is the main tower, rising as a buttressed square to a louvered belfry at the base of the slate-clad steeple. The main entrance is in its base, set in a Gothic arched opening, with a small lancet window above. The left element of the facade is a lower gabled section, with a less ornate secondary entrance. The central part of the facade houses a large stained glass Gothic-arched window. The interior retains many original features, including carved woodwork, a pressed metal ceiling, and original lighting fixtures.
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The Georgia Plain Baptist Church stands in the rural crossroads village of Georgia Plains in southwestern Georgia, on the west side of Stonebridge Road near its junction with Plains Road. It is a single-story brick building, built out of red brick laid in English bond, with sand-colored brick trim.
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The Georgia Baptists were organized in 1793, and were the town's second religious congregation after the Congregationalists. They at first met for many years in Georgia's town hall, before building their first church at this site in 1848. That church burned down in 1876, and this church was
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completed the following year. The congregation is distinctive for ordaining the first female pastor of any denomination in the state of Vermont, Rev. Grace Brooks in 1919. The congregation's longest-serving and most influential minister was the Rev.
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in 2001. The congregation is affiliated with the American Baptist Churches of Vermont and New Hampshire.
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Georgia Plain Baptist Church is located in Vermont
Georgia Plain Baptist Church is located in the United States
Georgia, Vermont
44°43′15″N 73°10′2″W / 44.72083°N 73.16722°W / 44.72083; -73.16722
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Religious Buildings, Sites and Structures in Vermont MPS
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Georgia, Vermont
National Register of Historic Places
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Franklin County, Vermont


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