| City/Town: • Monticello |
| Location Class: • Religious / Church |
| Built: • 1895 | Abandoned: • 2010 |
| Status: • Abandoned |
| Photojournalist: • Gage Griffith |
Constructed in 1895 in Monticello, Georgia, this Carpenter Gothic style structure replaced a previous building demolished by a tornado in the 1890s. Its construction cost totaled $3,500. Over time, enhancements were made, including the addition of a Sunday School in 1927 and improvements to the sanctuary in 1935, which featured memorial windows, a pipe organ, a chandelier, and chimes. The building served its congregation until 1955 when it was deemed inadequate. Subsequently, in 1957, the church purchased a new site, and by 1960, the original building was sold and repurposed as a funeral home. Some of its original stained glass found a home in the new Methodist Church opened nearby in the 1960’s.
Following its original use, the structure transitioned into various businesses, such as serving as a library for Jasper County until the early 2003. An attempt to convert it into an event space in the late 2000s proved unsuccessful after a brief renovation effort. In 2021, a private buyer acquired the building with intentions to restore it, yet the plans never materialized. Since then, the building has remained unused, occasionally utilized for storage purposes.
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