First Baptist Church

Organized in 1800, Savannah's First Baptist congregation built this Greek Revival sanctuary in 1833, among the city's oldest standing houses of worship and one of few to stay open through the Civil War.

First Baptist Church is a historical marker in Savannah, Chatham County, erected in 2002. It is one of 339 historical markers documented in Chatham County, among 480 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 32.0760, -81.0937 near Savannah. The nearest cataloged historic site is Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) (college & university), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Original Presbyterian Meeting House, Dr. Wm. A. Caruthers (1802-46), and James Edward Oglethorpe.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.