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Bethesda has not been an orphanage for many years, but continues to focus on youth in the greater Savannah area. Bethesda is a private boarding and day school for boys in grades 6-12 and, in April 2011, the Bethesda Home for Boys was renamed Bethesda Academy to better reflect their mission and commitment to the education of young men.
1740 - Mr. Whitefield lays the cornerstone for Bethesda Orphanage. [21] 1744 - Cornerstone of the first Christ Church building is laid by Mr. Bosomworth. [21] 1750 - The first church building is dedicated. [21] 1750 - On July 7, a black woman is baptized at Christ Church. It is believed to be the first baptism of a black person in Savannah. [2]
Following Wesley, George Whitefield would become the parish priest starting on December 1738. [6] During his time in the colony, he founded the Bethesda Orphanage near Savannah in 1740. [6] Shortly after Whitefield's tenure, in 1744, the cornerstone for the first permanent building for Christ Church was laid.
Buildings in Lafayette Square, one of 22 squares in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Each building is in one of the eight blocks around the square composed of four residential "tything" blocks and four civic ("trust") blocks, now known as the Oglethorpe Plan .
It stands on the western side of Whitefield Square. The church is unique to Savannah in that it was born out of an educational institution. [ 2 ] What was known as the Oglethorpe Colored Free School (established in 1865 and named for the city's founder, James Oglethorpe ) became the Beach Institute .
Whitefield Square (/ ˈ hw ɪ t f iː l d /) is one of the 22 squares of Savannah, Georgia, United States. It is located in the southernmost row of the city's five rows of squares, on Habersham Street and East Wayne Street, and was the final square laid out, [ 1 ] in 1851. [ 2 ]
Huntingdon Street in Savannah, Georgia, is likewise named after her in recognition of her association with Whitefield and John and Charles Wesley in their apostolic works in the Colony of Georgia. Lady Huntingdon Lane at the Givens Estates in Asheville, North Carolina, a retirement community affiliated with the United Methodist Church.
George Whitefield first came to America in 1738 to serve at Christ Church in Savannah and found Bethesda Orphanage. Whitefield returned to the Colonies in November 1739. His first stop was in Philadelphia, where he initially preached at Christ Church, Philadelphia's Anglican Church, and then preached to a large outdoor crowd from the courthouse ...