Christ Church

Historical marker location:

582 Walnut Street, Macon, Georgia

( Marker is on Walnut Street, 0 miles east of 2nd Street, on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 1959

Episcopal.

Georgia was the site of the first American gold rush, but it was also the site of the first American oil rush. In 1905, oil was discovered in Bibb County, and the state's oil industry began to grow rapidly.