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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ต.ค. 2024
- Hello everyone, and welcome to my latest adventure! In this video, I explore a mostly abandoned, but still relatively maintained Baptist Church. I have been here several times, and I enjoy this hidden bit of history every time I see it...while it's definitely showing its age; the walls are rotting, and the floors are unstable, it's fascinating to see a structure that has stood for over 130 years!
Antioch Baptist dates back to the late 1800s; having a congregation founded by freed slaves from southern Taiaferro and northern Hancock Counties. In 1899 four acres of land was acquired from a local landowner for the church and cemetery, and the structure was erected by a local craftsman. Twin Gothic revival style towers rise above the old tin roof.
Although decendants of the original congregation are said to reunite once a year, the church does not hold regular services.
While this church seems abandoned, my understanding is that people are allowed to visit, and check out the property. There is a donation basket and guestbook inside, and though I've heard services are occasionally still held at the church, I've never encountered anyone there; though it's obvious the church is still relatively maintained.
I hope you enjoy this, and I thank you for watching! As always, I encourage you to like, comment, and subscribe; and I'll do my best to keep bringing you new videos.
As an urban explorer, I don't give out specific location information publicly, and I do not vandalize, steal, destroy, or force entry into locations, and I do my best to respect the integrity of the site and anything associated with it. Urban exploration can be a dangerous and illegal activity, even when proper precautions are made, and I do not intend to encourage or inspire others to undertake this activity due to a direct result of my choices or experiences.
Great explore & great video 😁🔥🔥
Thank you so much, I'm glad you enjoyed it! 👍😁
Beautiful explore and the history behind it makes it all more special.
Thank you so much, I'm glad you enjoyed it! I would agree; this is a pretty unique locations with a neat history...one of my favorite random finda. 👍😁
Nice church building, the piano was cool
Thank you so much! This is a great little church to explore, I love how well maintained they keep it. Hope you've been doing well! 👍😁
I got some nice photos of this church when I stopped, it's a cool place. Nice video, I enjoyed it!
Thank you so much! This is indeed a very photogenic site, glad you were able to check it out as well. 👍😁
Very appropriate video for Christmas time. It’s amazing it not only is still standing, but is kept maintained. The grounds are nice. I used to love exploring old cemeteries. This one is awesome. Stay warm and have a wonderful Christmas, my friend.💕🎄🎅🏻🎁
Yes, I agree...aside from the traffic on the highway, it's a very peaceful place. I'm always happy to see that the property is respected by visitors, and kept so clean.
Hope you have a safe and warm Christmas as well...got pretty cold up here the last couple days, but I'll be making a trip south to see family this week (and hopefully leaving the cold here!) 👍🎅🎄😁❤
WOW, what a fascinating spot!🙏🏼 This was really enjoyable. I HOPE your day is delightful. Thank you.👏👏 ⛪️
Thank you so much! This is definitely a cool one to check out. Hope you're having a very merry Christmas! 👍🎄🤗
That's a cool old church
Thank you so much! 👍😁
thats a old one pretty cool
Ohhh yeah; lots of history here, and a nice, untouched, peaceful place to be! Hope you're doing well and having a great Christmas! 👍🎄😁
Hello 🇧🇷🤘🏾
Hello friend; hope you are doing well! 👍😁