Churches
The Legacy of Florida’s Pioneers
This old church is all that is left of a community founded one family of early Florida settlers.
All That Remains of Powelton Village
This sleepy crossroads in rural Georgia used to be an important town along well-traveled travel routes. But today, very little remains of the community.
Abandoned Schoolhouse in South Georgia
This modest building served as both a school and church for a rural Georgia community.
Early Church Building Leans Closer to Obscurity
This old church stands at a quiet rural crossroads in North Florida where it once served a community of farmers. And while its current condition is a sad one, I am happy to report that its congregation still meets nearby in a more modern building.
Antebellum Alabama Church Abandoned
This antebellum Alabama church was built in the 1830s but was abandoned long ago. Today, a new spirit inhabits it’s walls.
Early Methodist Church Served Community for 100 Years
A congregation started meeting here in the 1840s and by the 1920s, had built this church which stands empty today.
Church Built of Handmade Brick was the First of its Kind
Built in 1876, this chapel in Western North Carolina was the first church made of handmade bricks in this region.
[Buncombe County]
North Carolina Church Founded Before The Civil War
Bethesda Church was built in 1853 and is all that is left of a once-expansive plantation.
An Old House Left to Fall on Its Own
This home raised many children on a once expansive farm. Today is has been left to fall.
[Jackson County, GA]
A Historic Georgia Church Down a Picturesque Dirt Road
This church stands as one of the few reminders of a crossroads community in South Georgia that has long-since disappeared.
A Church Founded by some of Florida’s Earliest Settlers: Wacahoota Church
This church was founded by earlier Florida settlers and while its no longer in regular use, descendants of its founders care for it to this day.
[Levy County, FL]
Historic St. Phillip’s Baptist Church Has Collapsed
For as many years as anyone can remember, this church had been leaning closer to obscurity until one day in 2020, she collapsed, taking most of her story with her.
[Claiborne County, MS]
Chapel in North Carolina Founded by Abolitionist Minister
Rev. James O’Kelly, a noted abolitionist, started a congregation here in 1794.
[Chatham County, NC]
Historic Church Built by Freedmen in Georgia
This church was founded in 1886 by a group of freed slaves.
[Taliaferro County, GA]
The First Presbyterian Church On The Mississippi Frontier
This church is a replica of the one-room structure that served a congregation of early settlers in the Mississippi Territory.
[Claiborne County, MS]
A Historic Mississippi Church Saved After Lightning Struck
Built in the 1840s, this church sat at a significant crossroads during the Civil War.
Ghost Town Church Relocated to Save it for Future Generations
This church from 1868 was destined to rot away in a Mississippi ghost town until it was relocated and given a new lease on life.
[Claiborne County, MS]
Mississippi River Ghost Town Church
This Antebellum church still shows scars from the Civil War.
[Jefferson County, MS]
Ghosts of the Mississippi: The Forgotten Town of Rodney
This ghost town sits like a time capsule at the end of an old dirt road.
[Jefferson County, MS]
Picturesque Red Chapel in Rural Alabama
This beautiful church + cemetery have been lovingly maintained for 185 years.
[Hale County, AL]
Georgia Church is Abandoned After 100 Years of Service
This church has been hit by a tornado.
[Ben Hill County Georgia]
Historic Church Has Fallen in Florida
This church will be demolished soon.
[Alachua County, FL]
Rural Chapel on the Louisiana Bayou
The African Methodist-Episcopal Church was first constructed in 1890 from land carved out of the Platt Plantation.
[Pointe Coupee Parish, LA]
Florida Pioneer Church
This historic churchyard offers an idyllic glimpse into the Florida frontier.
[Alachua County, FL]
Forgotten Alabama Church Now Home to a Colony of Bats
This church sits forgotten, with no signage or markers to tell us her stories.
[Sumter County, AL]
Remarkable Chapel in the Mississippi Woods
This church was built in the 1830s with bricks made by people enslaved here.
[Adams County, MS]
This Old Church Is All That’s Left
This church has been lovingly cared for by generations of Georgians, including a group with a fascinating story.
The Ruins of one of South Carolina’s Oldest Churches
This South Carolina church, originally constructed in 1757, would be burned in the Revolutionary War. Locals then restored it, only to be destroyed again in the 1860s.