All Saints' Episcopal Church (Atlanta)
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| 33°46′17″N 84°23′16″W / 33.77139°N 84.38778°W | |
| Location | 634 West Peachtree Street NW Atlanta, Georgia 30308 |
| Denomination | Episcopal Church |
| Website | allsaintsatlanta |
| History | |
| Founded | May 31, 1903 |
| Consecrated | December 9, 1908 |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | Thomas Henry Morgan John Robert Dillon |
| Architectural type | Gothic |
| Completed | April 8, 1906 |
| Administration | |
| Province | Province IV |
| Diocese | Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta |
All Saints' Episcopal Church is an Episcopal church in Atlanta, Georgia. The church was founded in 1903, with the current building constructed in 1906.
History
In the early 1900s, Episcopalians in what is now midtown Atlanta petitioned the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia to establish a new church in midtown. During this time, the city of Atlanta was growing and expanding northward, and Episcopalians in the northern parts of the city wanted a place of worship closer to them than the churches in downtown Atlanta, which at the time included what would become the Episcopal Cathedral of Saint Philip.[1] In 1901, Mary Jane Thompson Peters, the widow of prominent Atlanta businessman Richard Peters, donated land for the construction of a new church.[2] This parcel, located at the intersection of North Avenue and West Peachtree Street, had previously been a part of Peters Park, a planned but never realized neighborhood in Atlanta that became much of the main campus of the Georgia Institute of Technology.[3]
On April 11, 1903, a cornerstone for a church building at the site was placed, with Holy Communion first held at the church on May 31 of that year with 45 members.[2] This building, a wooden structure, was designed by Harriett Dozier, one of the few women architects active at this time.[4] In 1906, this building was demolished and replaced with a Gothic sandstone building.[2] This building was designed by the architectural firm of Thomas Henry Morgan and John Robert Dillon.[5] Service was first held in this building on April 8, 1906, and it was consecrated two years later on December 9, 1908.[2] This current structure features several large stained glass windows, several of which are from Tiffany & Co.[2][6]
In 1917, Egleston Hall was built adjacent to the church, primarily funded with a gift from the will of Thomas Egleston.[2][7] According to Margaret Langford, the Tennessee quarry that produced the brown stones for the Church a decade earlier had to be reopened to retrieve matching stones for Egleston.[8]:18 The hall was built in the style of the Akron Plan[9] and built around what resembled an Elizabethan theater.[8]:18 The hall has housed Sunday schools, offices and social activities like concerts and dances.[10][2][11] Some notable gatherings in Egleston Hall have included the Women's Interracial Committee in 1932.[12] In 1947, the 'Shakespearean' stage was removed and a library was added.[8]:149 In 1971, the horseshoe room was added.[8]:59
In 1963, Ralph McGill joined All Saints' due to the Church's work with poor and disabled members of the community and for the support for the civil rights movement from its pastor at the time, Frank Ross.[13][14]
In 2003, the church commissioned a new pipe organ from American-based John-Paul Buzard Pipe Organ Builders, the Opus 29.[15][16] In 2020, American businesswoman and diplomat Anne Cox Chambers's funeral was held at All Saints'.[17]
References
- ^ Garrett 1969, pp. 442–443.
- ^ a b c d e f g Garrett 1969, p. 443.
- ^ MacDougald 1947, p. 34.
- ^ Allaback 2008, p. 76.
- ^ Craig, Robert Michael (2012). The Architecture of Francis Palmer Smith, Atlanta's Scholar-architect. University of Georgia Press. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-8203-2898-0.
- ^ "All Saints' Episcopal Church". Atlanta Preservation Center. Archived from the original on March 11, 2015. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
- ^ "For Egleston Hall". The Baltimore Underwriter. March 5, 1917.
- ^ a b c d Langford, Margaret Ellis (2003). All Saints Episcopal Church 1903-2003. All Saints’ Episcopal Church.
- ^ "Feb 19, 1917, page 1 - The Atlanta Constitution at Newspapers.com™". Newspapers.com. Retrieved February 11, 2026.
- ^ "Sep 18, 1918, page 10 - The Atlanta Constitution at Newspapers.com™". Newspapers.com. Retrieved February 11, 2026.
- ^ "Nov 26, 1918, page 6 - The Atlanta Constitution at Newspapers.com™". Newspapers.com. Retrieved February 11, 2026.
Chamber music has never had such an ideal location in Atlanta
- ^ Kelley, Colin (February 12, 2015). "A Look Back: This Month In Atlanta History". Rough Draft Atlanta.
Founded in 1921, the women's committee evolved from the Atlanta-based Commission on Interracial Cooperation founded in 1919. It opposed lynching, mob violence, peonage, and focused on educating white southerners on the worst aspects of racial abuse.
- ^ Teel, Leonard R. (2001). Ralph Emerson McGill: voice of the southern conscience (1st ed.). Knoxville, [Tenn.]: University of Tennessee Press. pp. 427, 470–471. ISBN 978-1-57233-135-8.
- ^ Martin, Harold H. (1973). Ralph McGill, reporter. An Atlantic monthly press book. An Atlantic Monthly Press Book. Boston Toronto: Little, Brown and Company. pp. 147, 256. ISBN 978-0-316-54772-7.
- ^ "All Saints' Episcopal Church". American Guild of Organists. Archived from the original on September 24, 2020. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
- ^ "Buzard Opus 29 Atlanta, Georgia". John-Paul Buzard Pipe Organ Builders. May 25, 2015. Archived from the original on April 25, 2016. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
- ^ Brett 2020.
Bibliography
- Allaback, Sarah (2008). The First American Women Architects. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-03321-6 – via Google Books.
- Brett, Jennifer (February 6, 2020). "'Thank you, Honey.' Atlanta gathers to remember Anne Cox Chambers". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Cox Enterprises. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
- Garrett, Franklin M. (1969). Atlanta and Environs: A Chronicle of Its People and Events, 1880s-1930s. Vol. II. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 978-0-8203-3904-7 – via Google Books.
- MacDougald, Louise Black (December 1947). "My Seventh Move". Atlanta Historical Bulletin. VIII (32). Atlanta Historical Society – via Atlanta History Center.
- Martin, Harold H. (1987). Atlanta and Environs: A Chronicle of Its People and Events, 1940s-1970s. Vol. III. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 978-0-8203-3906-1 – via Google Books.
External links
- Media related to All Saints' Episcopal Church (Atlanta) at Wikimedia Commons
- 1944 photo of All Saints church and Egleston Hall