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First Christian Church

A Mississippi History Marker in Columbus, MS

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Photo taken by Jeff Lovorn

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First Christian Church

Founded, 1839, through efforts of Talbert Fanning and David Lipscomb. Present structure, erected 1849-50, housed refugee State Senate in Civil War. Here Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Agreement was signed in 1958.

The building referred to on the marker was torn down in 1968 and the church built a new building at 811 North McCrary Road

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Built 1966 (37)
Built during 1960s (394)
Have Street View (46,447)
Historic marker (525)
Lowndes County, Mississippi (50)
Mississippi (1,755)

Update Log 

  • January 8, 2012: Added by Jeff Lovorn

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  • Jeff Lovorn - jlovo [at] aol [dot] com

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