Lawton Memorial: St. Paul's Greek Orthodox Church

Lawton Memorial: St. Paul's Greek Orthodox Church is a Georgia historical marker in Chatham County, dedicated 2001.

Southwest of intersection of Anderson and Bull Streets in Savannah.

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This building was constructed in 1897-98 as a memorial to General Alexander R. Lawton (1818-96) and his daughter, Corrine (1844-77). It was used as a public space for cultural, educational and civic purposes until the 1930s. After serving in the Georgia House of Representatives and as president of the Georgia and Atlantic Railroad, Lawton served as Brigadier General and Quartermaster-General of the Confederacy, as ambassador to Austria- Hungary, and as fifth president of the American Bar Association. Chartered in 1907, St. Paul's Greek Orthodox Church acquired the building as its Sanctuary in 1941.

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1816 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1822 · South Carolina (Carey, 1822) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1826 · Georgia (A. Finley, 1826) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1827 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1863 · Sketch of sea coast of South Carolina and Georgia from Bull's Bay to Ossabaw Sound (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)

South Carolina (Carey, 1822), 1822, covering the location of Lawton Memorial: St. Paul's Greek Orthodox Church, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — South Carolina (Carey, 1822), 1822, covering this location. Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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