Английская Википедия:Grace United Methodist Church (Atlanta)
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Grace United Methodist Church is a Methodist church in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Originally organized as a mission in 1871, the current church building was designed by Francis Palmer Smith and was completed in 1923.
History
The church was founded in Atlanta in 1871 as St. John's Mission. The church adopted its current name 12 years later.Шаблон:Sfn The church, initially part of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South,Шаблон:Sfn changed locations several times in the first few decades of its existence.Шаблон:Sfn By 1883, it was located in a building at the intersection of Wheat Street (now Auburn Avenue) and Jackson Street.Шаблон:Sfn In 1906, the church moved to a building at the intersection of Boulevard and Highland Avenue.Шаблон:Sfn This building was destroyed in the Great Atlanta Fire of 1917, and shortly thereafter, the church used the insurance money from the destruction to purchase a property on Ponce de Leon Avenue.Шаблон:Sfn In 1918, the church built a Sunday school building on the property.Шаблон:Sfn Several years later, in 1922, architect Francis Palmer Smith was hired to design a new church building at the site. According to a historian of Smith's, this project would be the "first large ecclesiastical project of Smith's career".Шаблон:Sfn Smith designed this new church building in a Gothic Revival style, with the building trimmed with Indiana Limestone.Шаблон:Sfn Smith would go on to design several church buildings throughout Atlanta.Шаблон:Sfn
During the civil rights movement, the church was the site of an effort towards church desegregation when, on August 7, 1960, a small interracial group attended Sunday services at the church. This was part of a city-wide campaign towards church desegregation, as interracial groups attended services at other churches that day, including First Presbyterian Church and St. Mark Methodist Church.Шаблон:Sfn
During the early 21st century, financial difficulties lead to the possibility that the church would close or relocate. However, in 2016, it was announced that the General Board of Global Ministries, a branch of the United Methodist Church, would relocate from New York City to Atlanta, and in the process would purchase the property belonging to Grace, allowing them to stay and continue to hold services in the building. To make room for the new group, the church held an estate sale that year.Шаблон:Sfn
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