Guyton United Methodist - Guyton, Georgia
Guyton United Methodist 401 Church St, Guyton,
GA 31312. Guyton United Methodist 401 Church St, Guyton, GA 31312.
Guyton UMC had its beginnings as the Andrew Chapel. It is trusted
the congregation had its start in 1810. On June 21, 1862, the Andrew
Chapel had its name changed at the third quarterly meeting. It was
named the Whitesville Methodist Church. In 1886 Whitesville
Methodist Church had another name change. It was changed to
coordinate the name of its city. Guyton Methodist Church. We were
contacted in regards to an insurance claim due to storm damage that
acquired during the 2016 hurricane season in which the eight foot
wooden finial that sits on top of the steeple was blown down to the
ground. The insurance company depreciated the claim and left Guyton
United with a much bigger loss than they can handle. Out of good
faith we offered to donate our time and services to help repair and
restore the spire and cross. A custom hand drawing was forwarded to
one of the church parishioners friend who happened to have a metal
fabrication shop near by. The fabrication came out just as needed
and installed beautiful on top of the spire. Prior to re-installing
the cross and finial, we cleaned the entire surface as well as
prepped the existing shingles for paint. We removed sixteen inches
of rot and water damage from the top of the steeple were the old
finial was attached. After removing the damage we re-shingled the
top of the spire using western red cedar shingles, then we prime
coated the entire spire and applied two coats of high quality
exterior paint.