Episcopal Mission of the Ascension
South Church St. at Hale St.
Oldest original
church building in Decatur. Consecrated by great missionary Bishop,
the Rt. Reverend A. C. Garrett. Erected facing Main Street (2 blocks
west of square) in 1889. Known as "The Little Church with the
Crosses", by 1912 it had deteriorated, but was restored and
moved, facing Walnut Street. In 1940 building was sold, used as
mattress factory, but rescued same year and moved here, with sanctuary
placed symbolically to east, toward Jerusalem.
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