North Avenue Presbyterian Church Explained

North Avenue Presbyterian Church
Location:607 Peachtree Ave., NE, Atlanta, Georgia
Coordinates:33.7711°N -84.3844°W
Architect:Bruce, Alexander Campbell; Morgan, Thomas Henry
Architecture:Romanesque
Added:November 17, 1978
Website:https://www.napc.org/history/
Refnum:78000984

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.

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.[1]

In 1909, the church created the North Avenue Presbyterian School, which by 1951 would become The Westminster Schools.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: History. North Avenue Presbyterian Church. 13 May 2015.
  2. Book: Jones, Sharon Foster. Atlanta's Ponce de Leon Avenue: A History. February 27, 2012. Arcadia Publishing. 978-1-61423-468-5. en. Google Books.
  3. Web site: Jane Woodruff Obituary (2021) Daytona Beach News-Journal.
  4. Web site: Part Two: Atlanta and the Klan 1982 – interview with James Venable. Gray. Heather. October 4, 2017. Justice Initiative International. en. January 7, 2020.