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Lovely Lane Chapel Historical Marker
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- Lovely Lane Chapel Historical
Marker
- Located at Epworth By The Sea Methodist Retreat on
St. Simons Island
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- LOVELY LANE CHAPEL
Built by Norman W. Dodge in 1880
and named St. James Union Church, the chapel is now the oldest
church building on St. Simons Island. Repaired following a hurricane
in 1897, deconsecrated in 1911 and used as a recreation center,
the chapel was reconsecrated after the Methodists purchased the
property in 1949. Restored under the leadership of Bishop Arthur
J. Moore, the chapel is now a favorite place for worship, weddings,
baptisms and prayer. The magnificent stained glass windows are
irreplaceable pieces of Old English Art Glass. The Methodists
renamed the church Lovely Lane Chapel after the site of the 1784
founding conference of American Methodism in Baltimore, Maryland.
- PROVIDING AN ATMOSPHERE OF
- THE NEARNESS OF GOD.
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