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During his Savannah years Lowell Mason worked as a bank clerk and led the choir at Independent Presbyterian Church; the hymn collection he published in 1822 became a runaway success and launched his career as the 'father of American church music.'
Lowell Mason is a historical marker in Savannah, Chatham County, erected in 1955. 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 32.0767, -81.0931 near Savannah. The nearest cataloged historic site is Independent Presbyterian Church (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Birthplace of Juliette Low, "Tyrants Fall In Every Foe Liberty's In Every Blow", and James Moore Wayne, 1790-1867.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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