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Black citizens organized this congregation in 1884, first calling it Everett Chapel. In 1894 it was renamed for Bishop Lucius H. Holsey, a Columbus-area man born into slavery who became a founding leader of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church.
Holsey Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church is a historical marker in Columbus, Muscogee County, erected in 2004. It is one of 92 historical markers documented in Muscogee County, among 248 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 32.4608, -84.9825 near Columbus. The nearest cataloged historic site is Liberty Theater (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Building at 920 Ninth Avenue, Rainey, Gertrude Ma Pridgett, House, and St. Christoper's Normal and Industrial Parish School.
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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