History of The Roman/Epicopal Catholic Church in Carroll County

[Digital]

As you can see this is not a picture of a church-any church. If you have not guessed by now it is a parking structure in downtown Carrollton, Ga. The location is at the northwest corner of the intersection of South White Street, and West Ave. This pic was taken in August, 2016. This gives you readers an idea of how long I have been planning this story.
Now, if you are wondering why I have started this thread with a pic of a parking structure (because this thread is about the history of two institutional religious denominations); I will give you a hint - it was what was on this site prior to this structure that is at the heart of this story.
I will continue this saga at a later date.

Bruce ( "history Sleuth")

P.S. Do not fret, I will continue working on the thread "Old Country Store (then & now)".

[Digital]

I have attempted several times to increase the pic of the parking structure; unfortunately, I believe that Tinypic does not like me.
Thanks to Donald (moderator), Dave (moderator), and Mike (Buckley) for your assistance in this matter.

Bruce

[Mike Buckley]

I haven't been having this problem with TinyPic, Bruce. My guess is that something is still going wrong with TinyPic that I haven't had the misfortune to experience. Keep trying every day or so and it will probably get fixed.

[Digital]

I haven't been having this problem with TinyPic, Bruce. My guess is that something is still going wrong with TinyPic that I haven't had the misfortune to experience. Keep trying every day or so and it will probably get fixed.

Thanks Mike, I will do as you suggest.

Bruce

[rpcrowe]

I am a history and genealogy buff and am interested in your "History". It is a shame that, in the interest of progress, some wonderful old buildings have been torn down and replaced by dull and uninteresting structures...

[Digital]

Thanks Richard, I hope I do not disappoint you.


Bruce

[Cantab]

I will continue this saga at a later date.

I'm waiting in suspense!

[Marie Hass]

And then?

Waiting...

Marie

[Digital]

Bruce, and Marie, thank you for your patience. I am not going to continue this story until the problem with Tinypics is resolved.
Daily, have attempted to increase the size of the photo in the first post of this thread without success.
I have sent a PM to Dave (moderator) this evening asking for his assistance.
You all may not mind thumbsize pics relating to this story; however I do.
Bear with me.

Bruce

[Dave Humphries]

Assistance provided
(by PM)

[Digital]

Dear Readers, The problem with Tinypics was operator error.

It is to painful to discuss it now; however once the pain wears away, I will explain.

So embarrassed.

Bruce ("very embarrassed CiC member")

[Digital]

For this report, I am going to divide this thread into the history of the Episcopal Catholic Church, and the Roman Catholic into two distinct series, although they do have an overlap.


In 1892 the Church known as St. Margaret's of Scotland (named after a Scottish queen) was considered an "unorganized mission". Apparently for 60 years this status continued until the late 1960's when St. Margaret's was given "full parish status".
Also, during this time St. Margaret's was considered the smallest denomination in Carroll Co.
In 1893 St. Margaret's built their first church located on White Street, near the intersection with West Ave..
The Episcopalians continued to use this structure until 1953 when the building was sold to the Roman Catholic Church.
More on the history of this structure will be given at a later date as well as the continuation of the history of the Episcopal Church.

As an aside, I have contacted a source who related that he would furnish me with more details on the history of the Episcopal Church in written form. What I have given you is an overview of this thread. From all appearances, the history of the Roman Catholic Church follows from the Episcopalians, at least as far as the physical church building goes.

The pic shown below is the original Episcopal Church built in 1893, and used by this denomination until sold to the Roman Catholic Church in 1953 (as stated above).
You may wonder why this structure is in such pristine condition. This will be explained in this story at a later date, as stated above.
#2

[Cantab]

Your post is intriguing and raises many questions. The most obvious one is whether the church building which you(?) photographed was presumably moved from my its original location. But I assume all will become clear as the story develops.

[Digital]

Your post is intriguing and raises many questions. The most obvious one is whether the church building which you(?) photographed was presumably moved from my its original location. But I assume all will become clear as the story develops.

Bruce, you maybe onto something.


Bruce ("Sleuth of history")

[Digital]

My problem with Tinypics was due to the fact that I was attempting to upload a RAW file rather than a jpeg.
This is all I am going to say about this.

Bruce

[Digital]

A good friend of mine suggested that I attempt to secure permission to photograph the interior of the old Episcopal/Catholic church (shown above).
This is, in my opinion, a very good idea.
Will work on this, this week.

Bruce ("your humble" Sleuth)

[Cantab]

Bruce, if you've not photographed the inside of a church or similar building before you'll soon find that there is an issue with lighting. This is especially true if there are stained glass windows whose details you want to be visible.

I took pictures of an old church last year and resolved the issue by merging two different exposures, one that was a good exposure for the inside of the church and one at a reduced exposure so that the windows were not over exposed. I merged them manually with layers and masks in Photoshop but there are other ways. All photos were taken with a tripod, etc. Fortunately the natural light was adequate for a reasonable tripod exposure and I did not need any artifical lighting, which would have created a bad mixture of white balances.

[Tronhard]

Hi Bruce:

I can relate... 35 years ago I took the photo below of the interior of the Christchurch Cathedral, now pretty much destroyed in the February 2011 earthquake.

It would have been taken with a Canon A-1 or Nikon F3, using a Tamron SP 17mm adaptall lens with Ektachrome 200 film. I have no idea of the settings of course. I had the image scanned and while it has many flaws (particularly grain) I am glad I got SOMETHING out of what is now a piece of history...

[rpcrowe]

Interesting history.

Here's a totally unnecessary history comment: St. Margaret of Scotland is one my direct ancestors

Her father was Edward the Exile and his antecedents can be traced back to Alfred the Great, King of Wessex and England.

Her daughter was Matilda of Scotland, queen consort and wife of Henry I (who was of course the son of William the Conqueror).

This brought together both Norman and Saxon blood into, Empress Matilda, daughter of Henry I.

Her son, Henry II was the first Plantagenet King of England.

Henry married Eleanor of Aquitaine and they produced Richard the Lionheart as well as King John Lackland. Although John is not my favorite character in history, he is my direct ancestor. I'd rather have Richard as my ancestor but, we don't have the choices in who are our antecedents...

[Digital]

Thank you Bruce, and Trev for your comments on photographing the interior of a church. Thank you Richard for the genealogy on Margaret, the queen of Scotland.
To bring you up to date, today I attempted to contact someone who can give me permission to photograph the interior, of above referenced church. This person has yet to contact me.
I do not want to give you readers to much information due to the fact that the story of this church is a whole separate issue. One in which I will reveal to you as this thread continues.
Finally, I was given two sources today that will shed light on the history of the Roman Catholic Church in Carroll Co.

Bruce ("still" Sleuthing)