Project Timeline

• Sept 2006: 1906 Atlanta Race Massacre Remembrance Coalition Community Partner
• Oct 2006: Old Stone Church on Candler Park Festival Home Tour
• Nov 2006: “Welcome Return Luncheon” after 55 years with Antioch East Baptist Church Elders at Old Stone Church/First Existentialist Congregation in Candler Park
• Feb 2007: “Undying Faith” Video Premier at Old Stone Church with Candler Park Neighborhood Organization (CPNO)
• April 2007: “Going Home” Antioch East Baptist Church Choirs Public Concert at Old Stone Church. Atlanta Journal Constitution feature article 4/16/2007
• April 2007: Candler Park BiRacial Historic Walking Tour Map, 1st Edition published; collaboration with Grady High School
• May 2007/2008: BiRacial History Project Exhibits at Edgewood Museum & Gallery of Memories
• Nov 2007: Historic Marker placed at Site #1: Old Stone Church
* Nov 2007: Historic TimeLine Exhibit at Antioch East Baptist Church Fellowship Hall for their 133rd Church Anniversary
• Dec 2007: “Reflections” article on Old Stone Church History Project, GA African American Historic Preservation Network newsletter
• 2008: Atlanta Parks & Design Commission, NPU-N, & CPNO approve concept for African American Historic Markers in Candler Park
• Spring 2009: History Project brick added to Mary Lin School patio
* May 2010: Unveiling of African American Legacy Markers at Sites 2 & 3: Rose Hill Community & Edgewood Evening Star Lodge No. 1
• May 2011/2012/2013: Fellowship in the Park with Antioch East, First Existentialist, CPNO, neighbors and friends
• Nov 2011: Commemorative Bench installed at Site 4: First Antioch Baptist Church building site
• 2012–2023: Phoenix Flies Free Walking Tours with Atlanta Preservation Center
• 2013: Legacy Marker installed at Site 4: Antioch Baptist Church, first church building site
• 2013: Local History Collection & Curriculum at Mary Lin Elementary School
• 2016: Shannon L Clark Memorial Scholarship awarded to Ruby-Beth Buitekant
• 2016–2023: Civil Bikes tours and community education partnership
• 2017–2023: Candler Park Neighborhood Organization support
• 2018: InterPlay Atlanta Performance Collaboration on displacement
• 2019: Antioch gives Stained Glass Windows to Old Stone Church/First Existentialist Congregation
* 2020: Interactive Virtual Walking Tour on Freedom Park Conservancy’s website, a Jane’s Walk Tour with technical support by Emory Center for Digital Scholarship
• 2020: Legacy Marker installed at Site 5: Hooper Street
• 2020: Centennial Celebration of the Old Stone Church 1920–2020
• 2022: Rose Hill Community (1892-1942) Commemoration on formerly Black-owned land inside Candler Park public park; Atlanta Journal-Constitution feature article 11.13.2022
2022/2023: ‘Save Your Spaces’ Preservation Festival with Civil Bikes, “The Dirt Talks Back: Probing Neighborhood History”
2023: A Comeback Musical. Antioch East Baptist Church Choir performed at the Old Stone Church.
2023: 13 Decades Deep. Rose Hill tone poem performed at the Old Stone Church.