The Bell That Came Home

A bell hung in the belfry of the Primitive Baptist Church built here in 1910. Called “a noisy nuisance that disturbed the peace,” it was silenced in 1930. William G. Adams, a relative of the church's founder, Reverend James Monroe Adams, hung the bell on top of his wellhouse in Gratis, Georgia. It was rumored that after the Adams property was sold, the bell was sent back to Monroe. Since the 1970s, On Stage had hoped to find the bell and return it to its home. In 2003, the bell was found in the Monroe Utilities Network storage yard, and with the help of Carter-Watkins Architects, the Monroe Utilities Network, the City of Monroe, and others, On Stage brought it home in September 2006.

Monroe, Georgia · United States