Sardis Methodist Church

Historical marker location:

3725 Powers Ferry Road NW, Atlanta, Georgia

( Marker is on Powers Ferry Road NW, 0.1 miles north of Roswell Road, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1957

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.