The Bethesda Baptist Church and Cemetery in

Greene County, Georgia Greene County is a county located in the east central portion & the Lake country region of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,915. The county seat is Greensboro. The county was created on February 3, 1786 ...

near

Union Point, Georgia Union Point is a city in Greene County, Georgia, Greene County, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city population was 1,597. History Union Point was laid out in 1834, when the rail ...

was built in 1818. It was listed on the

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in 1998. The listing included two

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, two

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, and two

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. The complex is located at the junction of County Rd. 120 and County Rd. 129. It includes a two-story brick church from c.1818 built in vernacular Federal style, with brick laid in

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. Its first floor walls are thick. It has interior end brick chimneys. With

References

Baptist churches in Georgia (U.S. state) National Register of Historic Places in Greene County, Georgia Federal architecture in Georgia (U.S. state) Buildings and structures completed in 1818 {{GreeneCountyGA-NRHP-stub