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Our Coast :: Savannah City Guide :: Visiting
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November 23, 2008
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Calhoun Square: Wesley Monumental U.M.C.
A memorial to John and Charles Wesley. Savannah's first Methodist Church, established in 1807. Gothic in architectural style, the stained glass "Wesley Window" contains life size busts of John and Charles Wesley, and at the top of the window a globe bears John Wesley's famous utterance, "The World is my parish."
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1. Massie Heritage Center
(c. 1855-56), 201-213 East Gordon Street. Rosy-beige school buildings with connected walkways, named for Peter Massie, Scottish planter who came to Georgia.
2. 202 East Taylor Street
(Mid-19th century). Side garden with a view through a cast iron gate; flower beds outlined with up-ended ale bottles from the brewery of the first owner, William Rogers.
3. Wesley Monumental U.M.C.
Abercorn Street on Calhoun Square. Soaring spires and Gothic arches on a church named for English clergy brothers John and Charles Wesley, founders of Methodism.
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Map | Next Stop: Whitefield Square
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