Faith and congregations
Churches, meeting houses, missions and the people who led them. 519 places on the trail.
Colonial (pre-contact to 1763)
- 22-54All Saints ParishAnglican services were held on Waccamaw Neck by 1737, with a chapel built on land purchased by Percival Pawley. All Sain...
- 22-17Antipedo Baptist ChurchIn the plan of Georgetown, laid out by 1730, this one acre lot was reserved for Antipedo Baptists by Elisha Screven. A b...
- 15-08Bethel Presbyterian ChurchFounded on this site in 1728 by the Reverend Archibald Stobo, Bethel or Pon Pon Church served a large Presbyterian congr...
- 15-19Bethel Presbyterian ChurchThis church, originally located at Jacksonboro, was founded in 1728 by Rev. Archibald Stobo (d. 1741), father of the Pre...
- 45-07Black Mingo Presbyterian ChurchOne of the earliest Dissenter congregations in South Carolina north of the Santee River was located about two miles sout...
- 10-07Christ ChurchThe Church Act of 1706 created Christ Church Parish. The first church, a wooden structure built in 1707, accidentally bu...
- 38-15Church of the RedeemerThe first Anglican church in Orangeburg Township was established about 1750 by John Giessendanner, and a chapel at Orang...
- 22-59Dissenter Meeting House and CemeteryThis is the site of a “Dissenter” meeting house, built ca. 1726 by one of the first Baptist congregations in S.C. outsid...
- 27-12Euhaw Baptist ChurchEstablished on Edisto Island about 1686 by Scotch dissenters, this is the second oldest Baptist organization in the Sout...
- 44-06Fairforest ChurchLed by Philip Mulkey, 13 converts of the Great Awakening movement traveled from N.C. to S.C. in 1759, settled on the Bro...
- 12-07Fishing Creek ChurchPresbyterian church reportedly est. 1752. Present building, enclosed with brick in 1958, dates from 1785. Cemetery conta...
- 08-06Goose Creek ChurchThe Parish St. James was founded by Act of Assembly in 1706. The present edifice was begun in 1714, and completed in 171...
- 11-11Groucher Baptist ChurchThis church, the oldest in the Broad River Association, was founded in 1770 and was first called Thicketty Branch Baptis...
- 10-137Huguenot ChurchFrench Protestants known as Huguenots were among the earliest Europeans to arrive in colonial S.C. They were part of a b...
- 45-01Indiantown Presbyterian ChurchOrganized in 1757 with John James and Robert Wilson as founding elders. Burned by the British in 1780 as "a sedition sho...
- 10-02John's Island Presbyterian ChurchFounded by early English, Scottish, and French settlers about 1710, this is one of the oldest Presbyterian congregations...
- 10-139K.K. Beth ElohimJews were present in Carolina by the 1690s. By 1820, Charleston had the largest Jewish population in the U.S. Kahal Kado...
- 13-01Old St. David'sSt. David's, authorized by the General Assembly in 1768, was the last parish established in colonial S.C. Said to be bur...
- 10-29Old Wappetaw ChurchCongregationalists from New England built a church near here around 1700. Troops from both sides camped on the grounds d...
- 18-05Old White Meeting House and CemeteryThis church was established in 1696 by settlers from Dorchester, Mass., for which the town of Dorchester was named. This...
- 18-02Parish Church of St. George, DorchesterSt. George's, an Anglican parish, was erected 1717. A brick church 50 ft. long and 30 ft. wide with a chancel 15 by 5 fe...
- 08-11Pompion Hill ChapelOne quarter mile north, the first Church of England edifice outside Charleston was erected of cypress in 1703, largely t...
- 15-14Pon-Pon ChapelOn Parker's Ferry road one mile northeast of here are the ruins of Pon Pon Chapel of Ease, established in 1725 by an Act...
- 22-41Prince George Winyah Parish (1721)Early settlement in this area near the Black River, based primarily on the Indian trade and the production of naval stor...
- 22-09Prince George's Parish Church, WinyahPrince George's Parish, Winyah, was created March 10, 1721, and the parish church was erected on Black River, 1726, at t...
- 07-04Prince William's Parish Church/ Sheldon ChurchThese ruins are of Prince William’s Parish Church, built ca. 1751-57 and partially burned during the American Revolution...
- 10-158Saint James Episcopal ChurchSaint James Church began in 1720 as a chapel of ease serving the James Island section of St. Andrews Anglican Parish. Re...
- 43-04Salem (Black River) Presbyterian ChurchThis house of worship, commonly called Brick Church, was founded by Scotch-Irish settlers in 1759 on land given by Capt....
- 10-00St. Andrew's Parish ChurchBuilt in part in 1706, the year the Church of England was established here by law. Enlarged 1723. Burned out and rebuilt...
- 10-123St. Andrew's Parish ChurchSt. Andrew’s Parish Church was one of ten Anglican churches established in S.C. by the Church Act of 1706. The church wa...
- 07-22St. Helena's ChurchThis Episcopal Parish was established by Act of the Assembly June 7, 1712. The first known rector, William Guy, conducte...
- 10-26St. James Santee Parish ChurchErected in 1768, this edifice, officially known as Wambaw Church, was situated on the King's Highway. It is the fourth c...
- 08-47St. James, Goose CreekSt. James, Goose Creek was one of the first Anglican parishes in the lowcountry, created by the Church Act of 1706. The ...
- 08-48St. James, Goose Creek Chapel of EaseOne of two chapels of ease for St. James, Goose Creek Parish stood here on the road to Moncks Corner, about 7 miles from...
- 10-134St. John's Episcopal ChurchThe parish of St. John’s, Colleton was created by the S.C. legislature in 1734. It included Johns, Edisto, Wadmalaw, Kia...
- 43-06St. Mark's Episcopal ChurchBy Act of Assembly St. Mark's Parish was established in 1757. The first Church stood at Halfway Swamp. Others were built...
- 09-04St. Matthew's Lutheran Church Parent Lutheran Church of this AreaIn 1737-38, the elder Rev. John U. Giessendanner from Orangeburg began Lutheran work in this area; this was continued by...
- 36-21St. Paul Lutheran ChurchThis church, founded ca. 1761 by the Rev. Joachim Bulow, is one of the earliest Lutheran congregations in what is now Ne...
- 10-120St. Paul's Parish ChurchThis is the second site of St. Paul’s Parish Church, erected here in 1736 as a chapel of ease for the first parish churc...
- 10-36St. Paul's StonoSt. Paul’s Parish, one of the ten original parishes of colonial S.C., was created by the Church Act of 1706. The first p...
- 08-13St. Thomas ChurchThe Parish of St. Thomas was established by Act of Assembly Nov. 30, 1706. The first church was erected in 1708 and dest...
- 08-20Strawberry ChapelChapel of Ease to St. John's (Biggin Church), built about 1725 on land bequeathed by James Child, founder at this place,...
- 29-03Waxhaw Presbyterian ChurchAbout 3 miles W. is Waxhaw Presbyterian Church, organized 1755, first church in upper South Carolina. President Andrew J...
- 16-13Welsh Neck ChurchThis church, the pioneer center of Baptist influence in the area, was constituted January 1738 by Welsh from Pennsylvani...
- 45-10Williamsburg ChurchThis Presbyterian church was established 1736 by John Witherspoon and other early Scotch-Irish settlers. Originally loca...
- 32-16Zion Lutheran ChurchThis congregation, the oldest continuing church in Lexington County, originated with pioneers who settled in this area i...
Era of American Revolution (1764-1783)
- 22-44Beth Elohim CemeteryThis cemetery, established ca. 1772, is the second oldest Jewish cemetery in the state and serves a community which has ...
- 40-177Bethel Lutheran ChurchThis church, organized in 1762 by German colonists, is one of the first Lutheran congregations in the Dutch Fork region....
- 46-53Bethel Presbyterian ChurchThis church was founded in 1764 by Rev. William Richardson, who organized Scots-Irish settlers in this area, from both S...
- 46-48Bethesda Presbyterian ChurchThis church, which held services as early as 1760 about 1 mi. E, gave its name to a Scots-Irish community in this area b...
- 36-18Bethlehem Lutheran ChurchThis church, with its origins in services held in the 1780s at nearby Wicker's Camp Ground, was formally organized in 18...
- 19-02Big Stevens Creek Baptist Church (Hardy's)Founded in 1762 by the Reverend Daniel Marshall, pioneer missionary and minister, this was the first church of the Bapti...
- 01-27Bull Town FortEast of here is the site of the colonial-era Bull Town Fort. Likely built in the 1760s, the fort was one of many small B...
- 46-02Bullock Creek Presbyterian ChurchUnder leadership of Dr. Joseph Alexander, pastor 1774-1801, this church, organized in 1769, was a Whig stronghold during...
- 36-06Bush River ChurchConstituted by Daniel Marshall and Philip Mulkey in June, 1771, Bush River Church is one of the oldest Baptist churches ...
- 36-02Bush River Quaker MeetingThis old cemetery marks the site of the Bush River Meeting House. Settled by Quakers in the 1760's, it was a Monthly Mee...
- 12-01Catholic Presbyterian ChurchOne mile south. Divergent Presbyterian groups held services in this area as early as 1759. Rev. William Richardson, acti...
- 40-45Congaree Baptist ChurchA few miles south was the site of original Congaree Baptist Church, organized 1766 with the Rev. Joseph Reese as pastor....
- 21-05Ebenezer ChurchIn January of 1778 Ebenezer Baptist Church was constituted by pioneer minister Evan Pugh and Richard Furman, for whom Fu...
- 44-04Fairforest Meeting1.5 miles SW stood the original Fairforest Baptist Church. The members, led by the Reverend Philip Mulkey, came from Nor...
- 29-20Flat Creek Baptist ChurchThis church, organized July 4, 1776 by Rev. George Pope, a native of Virginia, held its first meetings in a brush arbor ...
- 24-11Francis Salvador 1747-1776This young English Jew settled near Coronaca in 1774, represented Ninety Six District in the provincial congresses of 17...
- 43-03High Hills Baptist ChurchOrganized by Rev. Joseph Reese, this church was established Jan. 4, 1772. First located on land given by Dr. Joseph Howa...
- 21-25Hopewell Presbyterian ChurchThis church, organized ca. 1770, is the first Presbyterian church in what is now Florence County. Many of its founding f...
- 19-06Horns Creek Baptist ChurchThis church was constituted in 1768 by the Reverend Daniel Marshall, one of the founders of the Baptist faith in this pa...
- 30-25Langston Baptist ChurchThis congregation organized in the 1770s and was originally known as Upper Duncan’s Creek Baptist Church. It went dorman...
- 25-04Lawtonville Church [First Marker]This Baptist Church, constituted in March 1775, was first situated on Pipe Creek in upper St. Peter's Parish near the Sa...
- 25-09Lawtonville Church [Second Marker]This Baptist congregation, originally known as Savannah River, Carolina Church, was constituted near here March 1, 1775,...
- 24-02Long Cane Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church4.5 miles northwest is Long Cane Church, organized in 1771 as Associate Presbyterian, with the Rev. William Ronaldson as...
- 42-14Nazareth ChurchThis Presbyterian Church, located about .4 mile SE, was organized soon after 1766 by Scotch-Irish who settled the area. ...
- 24-16Rock Presbyterian ChurchThis church, originally known as Rocky Creek Presbyterian Church, was founded in 1770 by ministers sent to upper S.C. fr...
- 09-07Sandy Run ChurchThis Lutheran church, one of the oldest in the state, is thought to have been organized ca. 1765. By 1774, the Rev. Lewi...
- 02-21Silver Bluff Baptist ChurchThis church, one of the first black Baptist churches in America, grew out of regular worship services held as early as t...
- 10-124Skirmish at St. Andrew's Parish ChurchOn March 22, 1780, British and Hessian troops nearing Charleston were met by Patriot cannon fire near St. Andrew’s Paris...
- 36-07St. John's ChurchThis Lutheran church stands on a royal grant of 100 acres made in 1763 to John Adam Epting and Peter Dickert, elders of ...
- 09-11St. Matthew's ParishSt. Matthew’s Parish was established by the S.C. Colonial Assembly between 1765 and 1768. The first of four church build...
- 09-02St. Matthew's Parish Episcopal ChurchStands 0.4 mile NW of this spot. An act creating the parish in 1765 was disallowed by the king. A second act was approve...
- 08-34St. Stephen's Episcopal ChurchSt. Stephen’s, built 1767-69, is a fine example of the rural churches built in the S.C. lowcountry before the Revolution...
- 07-12Zion Chapel of Ease and CemeteryA chapel of St. Luke's Parish, established May 23, 1767, built of wood shortly after 1786 under the direction of Captain...
South Carolina in the Early Republic (1784-1815)
- 14-09Andrews Chapel ChurchAccording to local tradition, this Methodist congregation was organized in 1786 and pioneer American bishop Francis Asbu...
- 18-10Appleby's Methodist ChurchThis church was organized shortly after the Revolution and this site was deeded to seven trustees in 1787. One of them, ...
- 07-58Baptist Church of BeaufortThe Baptist Church of Beaufort descends from Euhaw Baptist Church on Edisto Island. In 1794 the first meeting house was ...
- 37-23Beaverdam Baptist ChurchBeaverdam Baptist Church was first organized in 1803 as an offshoot of Hepsibah Baptist Church. Rev. George Vandiver was...
- 35-07Bennettsville Methodist ChurchThe first Methodist house of worship in Marlboro County was at Beauty Spot, two miles north of here, where, in 1788, Bis...
- 43-17Bethel Baptist ChurchBethel (Black River) Baptist Church was organized in 1780 and admitted to the Charleston Baptist Association in 1782. It...
- 40-109Bethlehem Church [First Marker]The organization date of this Lutheran church is unknown. In 1788, however, Bethlehem and fourteen other churches signed...
- 04-03Big Creek Baptist Church 2 miles southOne of the oldest congregations and the mother of several others in Anderson County, it was organized in 1788 by Elder M...
- 08-09Biggin Church RuinsThese ruins are all that remains of Biggin Church, built soon after the American Revolution as the parish church of St. ...
- 01-03Bowie Family MemorialErected by the descendants of Abraham Bowie, who was born in Scotland and settled in Durham Parish, Charles County, Mary...
- 14-22Brewington Presbyterian ChurchEstablished c.1811 on the Black River, near Brewington Lake, by five members on land donated by James Evans family. It i...
- 35-30Brownsville Baptist ChurchIn 1788, this Baptist congregation, a branch of Cashaway Church (1756) founded by Welsh Neck Church (1738), purchased la...
- 35-29Brownsville ChurchIn 1788, this Baptist congregation, while still a branch of Cashaway Church (1756), purchased this land from the Rev. Jo...
- 29-21Camp Creek Methodist ChurchThis church, organized in 1798 by Bishop Francis Asbury, held its first services in a log meeting house. On July 10, 179...
- 24-18Cedar Springs A.R.P. ChurchThis church was organized 1779-1780 by Dr. Thomas Clark (d. 1791), who had emigrated from Ireland to N.Y. in 1764. Clark...
- 07-03Chapel of EaseTo St. Helena's Church, Beaufort, S.C./Built about 1740/Made a separate Church/after the Revolution/Burned by Forest Fir...
- 43-12Church of the Holy Cross, Stateburg (Episcopal)This church is the successor to the nearby Chapel of Ease of 1770. Present building is on the site of the old Claremont ...
- 43-44Concord Presbyterian ChurchThis church, organized in 1808 by Rev. George G. McWhorter of the Salem Black River Presbyterian Church, held its first ...
- 15-20Cross Swamp Methodist ChurchCross Swamp Methodist Church, the first Methodist congregation in upper Colleton County, was founded in 1808. James and ...
- 15-03EdmundsburyA brick Chapel of Ease for St. Bartholomew's Parish was built here in 1785 in a town laid out in 1740 and named for Land...
- 23-19Fairview ChurchSettlers from the Nazareth area of Spartanburg County founded this Presbyterian church in 1786 on land ceded by the Cher...
- 22-42First Baptist ChurchThis congregation, founded in 1794 and long known as Antipedo Baptist Church, was the first separate Baptist congregatio...
- 40-17First Baptist ChurchCongregation organized 1809. Original church, built 1811 on Sumter Street corner, was burned Feb. 17, 1865 by Union troo...
- 26-06First Methodist ChurchMethodist Bishop Francis Asbury's many visits to Kingston (Conway) between 1785 and 1815 preceded the organization of a ...
- 40-22First Presbyterian ChurchFirst congregation organized in Columbia (1795). The churchyard, allotted as a public burying ground in 1798, was grante...
- 23-78Fork Shoals Baptist ChurchFork Shoals Baptist Church traces its origins to at least 1789, when Horse Creek Church was organized as a member of the...
- 04-05Good Hope ChurchOldest Presbyterian church in continuous existence in Anderson County. Organized in 1789. First pastor, Rev. John Simpso...
- 26-10Green Sea Baptist ChurchThis church, known as Honey Camp Baptist Church until 1924, was founded in 1807. It is the mother church to several Bapt...
- 43-02Green Swamp Methodist ChurchSite of First Methodist Church in vicinity of Sumter. Influenced by Bishop Francis Asbury, Richard Bradford gave land an...
- 24-10John Waller 1741-1802One half mile south is the grave of John Waller, early minister of the Baptist faith in Virginia, where he is credited w...
- 23-16Lebanon ChurchThis United Methodist church was originally located about 1 ¼ miles east and named the Grove. It was visited by Bishop F...
- 32-31Lewie Chapel (Old Gilbert Methodist Church)Lewie Chapel, a Methodist church founded on this site in the 1870s by Solomon R. Lewie (1835-1878) and others, was later...
- 01-22Little Mountain Presbyterian ChurchOrganized by 1789, this congregation first met in a log building on the hill 1/4 mi. E, said to then be known as “God’s ...
- 16-17Lower Fork of Lynches Creek Baptist ChurchThis church, which probably evolved from a branch meeting house built nearby in 1770 by First Lynches Creek Church, was ...
- 06-11Lower Three Runs Baptist ChurchThis church, originally located 8/10 mi. W on the old Augusta-to-Charleston road, was founded in 1789 by twelve charter ...
- 22-15MethodistsWilliam Wayne, nephew of Revolutionary General Anthony Wayne, was converted here by Bishop Francis Asbury on February 24...
- 14-02Midway ChurchMidway Presbyterian Church, named because of its location halfway between Salem and Williamsburg Churches, traces its be...
- 16-61Mount Pleasant Baptist ChurchMount Pleasant Baptist Church, organized by 1785, first met in a nearby school. It built a sanctuary here in 1791; that ...
- 04-44Mt. Pisgah Baptist ChurchMt. Pisgah Baptist Church was founded in 1791 as Brush Creek Church with 10 members. In 1809, the church name was change...
- 04-48Neals Creek Baptist ChurchNeals Creek Baptist Church formally organized in 1803, having previously been an arm of Big Creek Baptist Church near Wi...
- 46-83Neely's Creek A.R.P. Church and CemeteryNeely’s Creek Associate Reformed Presbyterian (A.R.P.) Church organized about 1787. Rev. William Blackstock became the c...
- 42-21New Hope Baptist ChurchThis church, established in 1804, grew out of Padgett’s Creek Baptist Church, mother to several area Baptist congregatio...
- 35-20Old Beauty SpotHere stood the first Methodist church of Marlboro County, a single log cabin built in 1783. Here Bishop Francis Asbury p...
- 10-72Old Bethel Methodist ChurchThis church, built in 1797 in the meeting-house form, was dedicated in 1798 and completed in 1809. It is the oldest Meth...
- 32-42Old Lexington Baptist ChurchOld Lexington Baptist Church, known originally as Saluda Baptist Church, was established in 1813. Worship here began, ho...
- 03-09Old St. Nicholas CemeteryThe original cemetery associated with St. Nicholas Lutheran Church is 1/3 mi. S off S.C. Hwy. 641. The church, originall...
- 39-03Old Stone ChurchThis church was built in 1797 for Hopewell (Keowee) Presbyterian congregation by John Rusk on land given by John Miller....
- 39-07Oolenoy Baptist ChurchThis church, named for the Cherokee chief, Woolenoy—the spelling was changed to Oolenoy in 1827—was organized in 1795 by...
- 44-09Padgett's Creek Baptist ChurchThis church was founded in 1784 by Revs. John Webb and John Cole, with Barnet Putman and William Wilbanks, Sr. as its fi...
- 43-55Providence Southern Methodist ChurchProvidence Church organized by 1813 at a Methodist camp meeting ground located near this site. In 1821, it was one of se...
- 41-02Red Bank ChurchRed Bank Baptist Church antedates the Town of Saluda by about a century. The congregation, which is said to have been fo...
- 31-13Rembert ChurchSite of camp meetings where Bishop Francis Asbury preached. First service held about 1786. In 1834 Caleb Rembert deeded ...
- 04-23Roberts ChurchOrganized by 1789 and sometimes called Simpson's Meetinghouse, this church is one of Anderson County's oldest Presbyteri...
- 38-43Rocky Swamp Methodist Church and CemeteryRocky Swamp Methodist Episcopal Church was among the first Methodist congregations in this part of S.C. A meeting house ...
- 15-15Salkehatchie Presbyterian ChurchThis was formerly the site of a Presbyterian church organized in 1766 by the Reverend Archibald Simpson, minister from S...
- 24-15Siloam Baptist ChurchThis church was organized in 1799 by Rev. John Waller, Rev. David Lilly, William Chiles, and Meshec Overby, with 32 char...
- 44-14Site of Union Church, 1783-1819A “union” church, one founded as a Presbyterian congregation but also used by other denominations, stood here from ca. 1...
- 33-00Site of Willington Presbyterian ChurchOrganized by the Rev. Moses Waddel, 1809/Joined Synod of the Carolinas, 1813/Building Collapsed, July 2, 1939/Pastors Re...
- 41-09Spann Methodist ChurchThis church was founded ca. 1805 at the plantation of John Spann, Jr., about 1 mi. N. Bishop Francis Asbury preached the...
- 10-05St. Michael's ChurchHere in the churchyard of/St. Michael's lie buried/two Signers of the/U. S. Constitution/CHARLES COTESWORTH/PINCKNEY/(17...
- 03-06St. Nicholas ChurchLutheran church, org. by 1804, has occupied several sites. Today's structure, built in 1910, incorporates material from ...
- 32-26St. Peter ChurchS.C. Gen. Assembly incorp. this Lutheran Church 17 Dec. 1794. Frederick Josephus Wallern served as 1st pastor. Today's c...
- 32-29St. Peter's (Meetze's) Lutheran ChurchThis church, organized in 1780, held services in German and English until 1874. In 1835 it aligned with the Tennessee Sy...
- 10-06St. Philip's ChurchHere in the churchyard of St. Philip's are buried/CHARLES PINCKNEY/(1757-1824)/Signer of the United States Constitution ...
- 23-17Sullivan (Grove) CemeteryThe cemetery located about ½ mile north, marks the site of Grove Church, established prior to 1790, one of the first Met...
- 38-33Target Methodist ChurchThis church, founded about 1800, is one of the oldest Methodist congregations in this part of the state. It takes its na...
- 46-49Unity Presbyterian ChurchThis church, founded in 1788, predates the present town of Fort Mill and has occupied four sites in the vicinity. The fi...
- 16-24Wesley ChapelSaid to be Darlington County's oldest Methodist church, Wesley Chapel, thought to be founded in 1789, was the site of ea...
- 38-18White House ChurchThis four acre tract of land with an earlier structure known as the "White Meeting House" was given to the Methodist Epi...
Antebellum (1816-1860)
- 02-29Aiken First Baptist ChurchThis church, founded in 1805, predates the city of Aiken and was first called Levels Baptist Church. Its first location ...
- 22-32All Saints Summer Parsonage/ The RectoryThis house, built by 1848, served as the summer parsonage for All Saints Episcopal Church for many years. Evening summer...
- 46-56Allison Creek Presbyterian ChurchThis church was founded in 1854 by residents of the Clay Hill community on Allison Creek, who were members of Bethel (17...
- 34-20Antioch Baptist ChurchAntioch Baptist Church was organized in 1829. The original membership was composed of 36 members dismissed from Catfish ...
- 03-03Antioch Christian ChurchOrganized in 1833 by Dr. and Mrs. W.R. Erwin and Mrs. U.M. Robert, this was the second Christian Church (Disciples of Ch...
- 04-09Barkers Creek ChurchFounded in 1821, this is the boyhood church and burial place of Olin D. Johnston. He was decorated for bravery in World ...
- 03-02Beech Branch Baptist ChurchConstituted September 12, 1759 as Coosawhatchie Church, this church became in 1822 Beech Branch Baptist Church. The pres...
- 02-14Beech Island Baptist ChurchThis church was organized in the Beech Island Academy on January 21, 1832, with Rev. Iverson Brooks as its first ministe...
- 35-13Bennettsville Presbyterian ChurchThis church was founded in 1855 by nine members of the Great Pee Dee Presbyterian Church, 5 mi. SE. Rev. Pierpont E. Bis...
- 23-85Berea First Baptist ChurchBerea Baptist Church was officially founded in Dec. 1843, but local tradition holds that the earliest meetings were held...
- 33-03Bethany ChurchThe first Bethany Meeting House was erected by 1809 on the old Edgefield-Abbeville Stagecoach Road midway between Hard L...
- 03-10Bethel Baptist ChurchThis church was organized in 1851 by Revs. Lewis Parker and John Hoover, with twelve charter members and Rev. Hoover as ...
- 16-82Bethel ChurchBethel Methodist Church organized c.1856 as Jerusalem Church on land said to have been donated by Hardy M. Parrott (1816...
- 20-19Bethel ChurchThis Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church was incorporated in 1823. Early pastors were the Rev. James Lyle and the Rev...
- 40-123Bethel Methodist ChurchThis church was organized in 1835 in what was then rural Richland District. The first sanctuary here, built soon afterwa...
- 43-28Bethel Methodist ChurchEstablished in 1856 by French Huguenot families with the consolidation of Lodebar, Rembert, Clark, and Sardis Methodist ...
- 03-04Bethlehem ChurchThis Baptist Church, organized by 1854, built its first house of worship near here on land purchased in 1859 from A. R. ...
- 40-110Bethlehem Church [Second Marker]Bethlehem Lutheran Church erected its first known building about 350 feet north of here on a 17-acre tract purchased fro...
- 06-09Boiling Springs Presbyterian ChurchThis church was organized in 1842 by Rev. James H. Thornwell on authority from the Charleston Presbytery; F.J. and W.A. ...
- 30-18Broad Street Methodist ChurchThis congregation can trace its roots to Zion Church, est. in 1826 in Laurens County. Its founding took place during the...
- 01-15Broadmouth Baptist ChurchThis church, named for nearby Broadmouth Creek, was organized in 1837 with nine charter members. Rev. William P. Martin ...
- 42-11Calvary ChurchThe Reverend John D. McCullough was the first rector of this Episcopal Church, which was established in 1848. The origin...
- 10-66Calvary Episcopal ChurchThis church, located on Beaufain Street for 91 years, was organized in 1847 to give free blacks and slaves in antebellum...
- 17-06Catfish Creek Baptist ChurchThis Baptist church, constituted in 1802, has ordained eleven ministers, provided a missionary to Brazil, and has helped...
- 15-10Catholic HillSettlers from Ireland of the Roman Catholic faith in this area helped form the ecclesiastical territory of Colleton, Bea...
- 40-11Cemetery of the Columbia Hebrew Benevolent SocietyIn this cemetery, 2 ½ blocks south on Gadsden Street, are buried many distinguished Jewish citizens, including two mayor...
- 42-24Central Methodist ChurchOrganized in 1837 as the first congregation of any denomination in Spartanburg, when this site was deeded to nine truste...
- 25-13Cherry Grove Christian ChurchThis African-American church, a congregation of the Disciples of Christ, was founded in 1855 by members of Three Mile Cr...
- 23-10Christ Church (Episcopal)Started in 1820 as St. James' Mission, the first church built here in 1825 on land given by Vardry McBee, was consecrate...
- 27-04Church of the Holy TrinityThis Episcopal church was a chapel of ease in the Parish of St. Luke for a number of years before it became a separate c...
- 36-28Colony Lutheran ChurchMembers of St. Luke’s and St. Paul’s Lutheran churches in Prosperity and Pomaria founded this congregation in 1845 as a ...
- 46-07Columbia Seminary ChapelThis building was designed by Robert Mills and erected in Columbia, S.C., as the stable and carriage house of the mansio...
- 16-46Damascus Methodist ChurchThe church organized as early as 1817 and known as "Wright's Meeting House, Black Creek" was the first Methodist congreg...
- 30-15Dials Methodist ChurchThis is one of the oldest Methodist congregations in Laurens County. Its earliest records have been lost, but tradition ...
- 34-11Ebenezer ChurchAccording to local tradition three Methodist meeting houses of this area united c. 1835 to form Ebenezer. An early churc...
- 40-09Ebenezer Lutheran ChurchFirst Lutheran congregation in Columbia. Church dedicated in this square in 1830 was burned by Union troops in 1865. It ...
- 04-39Ebenezer Methodist ChurchThis church, formally organized by about 1800, is thought to be the oldest Methodist congregation in Anderson County. Ci...
- 45-05Ebenezer United Methodist ChurchThis church is said to be the oldest Methodist congregation in present Williamsburg County. It was established prior to ...
- 19-08Edgefield United Methodist ChurchBy 1841, this congregation was established and was a member of the Edgefield Circuit. The present structure was dedicate...
- 10-145Edisto Island Baptist ChurchThis wood frame church was built in 1818 as Edisto Island Baptist Church. The church was founded primarily through the e...
- 40-26Entrance to the Columbia Hebrew Benevolent SocietyThe society has been in continuous existence since its organization in 1822. It was chartered 1834. Its charities are ad...
- 44-11Episcopal Church of the NativityThis parish was established in 1855 with the Rev. John DeWitt McCollough (1822-1902) as its first rector. This Gothic Re...
- 38-22Episcopal Church of the Redeemer and GraveyardAnglicanism was established in Orangeburg Township about 1750. After a period of no recorded activity, efforts were made...
- 16-34First Baptist ChurchMembers of New Providence and Gum Branch Baptist churches under John L. Hart's leadership began Hartsville Baptist, the ...
- 16-38First Baptist ChurchEstablished in 1831 as Darlington Baptist Church of Christ, with Rev. W.Q. Beattie as its first minister; joined the Wel...
- 19-03First Baptist ChurchFounded in 1823 as Edgefield Village Baptist Church with Basil Manly, Sr., Pastor, Matthew Mims, Clerk, and Arthur Simki...
- 43-21First Baptist ChurchOrganized in 1813 with 13 members, this branch of Stateburg's High Hills of Santee Baptist Church (founded before 1772) ...
- 32-53First Baptist Church of GastonThis church was constituted in 1824 as Sandy Run Baptist Church. Its charter members included eleven men and ten women w...
- 20-18First Methodist ChurchFirst United Methodist Church was established in 1808 under the leadership of the Rev. James Jenkins, an early circuit-r...
- 46-08First Prebyterian ChurchThis church was begun in 1834 as Antioch Chapel of Ebenezer Church under the leadership of Rev. John O. Richards on land...
- 23-103First Presbyterian Church GreenvilleThis church was founded in 1848 by sixteen members. On this corner, a wooden sanctuary was built in 1851 on land donated...
- 43-57First Presbyterian Church SumterFirst Presbyterian Church of Sumter organized in 1823 with five charter members. It was originally part of Harmony Presb...
- 02-40First Presbyterian Church of AikenThis church, founded in 1858 with 14 charter members and W. Peronneau Finley and John D. Legare as elders, first met in ...
- 30-21First United Methodist ChurchFirst Methodist Church began as the “Methodist Society of Friends,” a group of 15 men and women who organized in 1819. E...
- 08-67Friendship Methodist ChurchThis church, one of the oldest Methodist organizations in Berkeley County, was formally organized about 1825. Circuit ri...
- 23-89Gap Creek Baptist ChurchGap Creek Baptist Church was established in 1840 and meetings were held in a log building that stood nearby to Gap Creek...
- 04-31Generostee A.R.P. ChurchThis church, the first Associate Reformed Presbyterian congregation in what is now Anderson County, was organized about ...
- 03-16Gilette Methodist ChurchGillette Methodist Church dates to the early 19th C., possibly around the time that Rev. James Capers settled on land ow...
- 27-11Gillisonville Baptist ChurchThe Euhaw congregation constituted this ecclesiastical group 24 March 1832, naming it Coosawhatchie Baptist Church. The ...
- 41-15Good Hope Lutheran ChurchGood Hope Lutheran Church organized in 1839. The church was originally built .5 mile SE of here on a 3-acre site given b...
- 04-32Good Hope Presbyterian Church CemeteryThis cemetery, dating from the early 19th century, is at the third site of Good Hope Presbyterian Church, founded in 178...
- 04-30Grace Episcopal ChurchThis parish, organized in 1851 with the Rev. Benjamin Webb as its first vicar, grew out of occasional Episcopal services...
- 35-40Great Pee Dee Presbyterian ChurchThis church, built in 1834, was organized by Rev. Archibald McQueen and is the oldest church building in Marlboro County...
- 27-13Great Swamp Baptist ChurchThis church, organized October 12, 1845, was the result of a clash in doctrines at nearby Sardis Baptist Church. Some in...
- 18-13Grover Methodist ChurchThis church was founded in the early 19th century as Murray’s Church and served by ministers riding the Cypress Circuit....
- 10-70Hampstead CemeteryA cemetery established here in 1841, also known as “God’s Acre” and later “the German Cemetery,” was maintained by St. M...
- 03-08Harmony Baptist ChurchThis church had its origins in a brush arbor as early as 1830 but was formally organized in 1878 with Rev. H.C. Smart as...
- 02-04Historic ChurchThis church was built in 1836 by Beech Island Presbyterian Church, organized in 1827 with the Rev. Nathan H. Hoyt of Ver...
- 04-13Hopewell ChurchThis Baptist church, which was first located about 1.5 miles northwest, was constituted in 1803. The congregation moved ...
- 40-151Israelite Sunday SchoolThe Israelite Sunday School, the first Jewish religious school in Columbia, met in a building on this site until 1865. I...
- 09-03Jericho Methodist Church Mile and a Half EastBishop Francis Asbury stopped in this region in 1801 and 1803. About 1811, a congregation was organized and by 1815 Jeri...
- 26-07Kingston ChurchA Presbyterian congregation existed here in the village of Kingston by 1756. Its meetinghouse was on this site but by 17...
- 29-15Lancasterville Presbyterian ChurchThis congregation was organized May 5, 1835. Its first minister was James H. Thornwell, who later headed SC College in C...
- 36-01Lutheran Theological Southern SeminaryHere in 1830, in the house of Colonel John Eigleberger, the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of South Carolina and Adjacent St...
- 31-17Lynchburg Presbyterian Church and CemeteryThis church was organized in 1855 by 21 charter members who met in the nearby Methodist church. This Greek Revival churc...
- 34-07Marion Presbyterian ChurchDavid E. Frierson of Harmony Presbytery first preached here at Marion Courthouse in 1841. The church was organized in Fe...
- 23-59McBee ChapelThis church is notable for its unusual octagonal form. It was built by John Adams for workers at the nearby McBee’s Fact...
- 05-03Mizpah ChurchMethodist Church established by 1832. Present 1856 house of worship is all that remains of pre-Civil War settlement of B...
- 16-89Mount Elon Baptist ChurchMount Elon Baptist Church organized in 1831. The congregation was among the first to join the Welsh Neck Baptist Associa...
- 20-13Mount Olivet ChurchOrganized before 1785, this Presbyterian Church was originally known as Wolf Pit Church, later as Wateree, and was final...
- 10-25Mount Pleasant Presbyterian ChurchErected about 1854 and originally a Congregational Church affiliated with Old Wappetaw Church, founded about 1699. Serve...
- 22-19Mount Tabor ChurchOrganized as a result of the preaching of Elder James Singleton, the Mount Tabor congregation was constituted October 21...
- 19-25Mount Zion Baptist ChurchMount Zion Baptist Church was founded in 1828. In that year church trustees acquired three acres of land at this site wh...
- 42-22Mount Zion Baptist Church CemeteryMount Zion Baptist Church, founded as early as 1804 as an affiliated branch of Bethlehem Baptist Church, was formally es...
- 32-15Mt. Hebron United Methodist ChurchThis congregation, organized ca.1800 in the home of Martin Hook, built its first house of worship at the Half Way Ground...
- 05-02Mt. Pleasant ChurchIn 1835 St. Bartholomew Lutheran Church moved here from about 1 mile south and changed its name to Mt. Pleasant. It is g...
- 31-16Mt. Zion Presbyterian ChurchThis church was established in 1809. Its first building, a frame church, was built 1.5 mi. N on Broad Branch. The congre...
- 04-34Nazareth on the Beaverdam Presbyterian ChurchThis is the first known site of Townville Presbyterian Church, founded in this area in 1803 as Nazareth on the Beaverdam...
- 36-12New Chapel ChurchOnce housing a school for area students, this United Methodist church was located closer to the Saluda River around 1820...
- 16-71New Hopewell Baptist ChurchThis church was formally organized soon after the Civil War. It was founded by 20 black members of Antioch Baptist Churc...
- 42-37New Prospect Baptist ChurchThe congregation of New Prospect Baptist Church formally organized on June 3, 1820, with a membership of twenty-six. The...
- 16-67New Providence Baptist ChurchThis church, with its origins in meetings held in a brush arbor as early as 1804, was organized into a formal congregati...
- 20-02Old Brick ChurchOn May 9, 1803, the Associate Reformed Synod of the Carolinas was organized here at Ebenezer A.R.P. Church, built in 178...
- 17-11Pee Dee ChurchDuncan McIntire, a licensed minister who preached in Gaelic for those who could speak no other language, organized this ...
- 19-21Philippi Baptist ChurchThis church, established in 1814 and a charter member of the Ridge Baptist Association, is among the oldest in Edgefield...
- 09-18Pine Grove Evangelical Lutheran ChurchIn 1841, St. Matthews Lutheran Church (5 mi. W) directed Rev. J.P. Margart to begin holding services in the nearby Pine ...
- 21-23Pisgah Methodist ChurchThis church, founded in 1806 in what was Darlington District until Florence County was founded in 1888, grew out of an e...
- 28-07Pleasant Hill Baptist ChurchThe first Baptist Church in this area of Kershaw County was founded in a wooded area on Mecklenburg Road, two miles sout...
- 22-52Prince Frederick's ChapelThe first church on this site, known as Prince Frederick's Chapel, Pee Dee, was built in 1848 on a site donated by the R...
- 25-05Prince Williams Baptist ChurchPreviously a branch of nearby Coosawhatchie Baptist Church (now Beech Branch), this church was constituted as a separate...
- 30-03Providence Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church [First Marker]The cemetery, located about ½ mile SW, marks the original site of this church, founded Sept. 10, 1836. Buried here is Wi...
- 30-04Providence Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church [Second Marker]This cemetery marks the original site of Providence Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, founded Sept. 10, 1836. Buri...
- 38-35Providence Methodist ChurchThis church grew out of services held in the area by circuit riders as early as 1806. Its first church, a log building, ...
- 08-35Rehoboth Methodist ChurchThis church grew out of services held as early as 1811, at first in a brush arbor and later at a campground nearby. Mini...
- 04-50Ruhamah ChurchRuhamah Methodist Church organized in 1822 and initially worshipped under a brush arbor. The first church, known as the ...
- 20-22Saint John's Epsicopal ChurchOrganized in 1839 and named for St. John's, Berkeley Parish, this was the third Episcopal church established north of Co...
- 05-13Salem Methodist ChurchThis church, founded by 1818, held its early services in a brush arbor; the first permanent sanctuary was built nearby. ...
- 22-56Sampit Methodist ChurchThis church, formally organized in 1839, had its origins in a slave mission begun in 1786 on Gov. Thomas Boone’s plantat...
- 40-137Sandfield Baptist ChurchTwenty-Five Mile Creek Church, a Primitive Baptist congregation, was organized in this area before 1772. It was renamed ...
- 40-138Sandy Level Baptist ChurchTwenty-Five Mile Creek Church, a Primitive Baptist congregation, was organized in this area before 1772. The mother chur...
- 09-06Shady Grove ChurchShady Grove Methodist Church was an outgrowth of Tabernacle Church, the parent Methodist body of this area. It was built...
- 23-20Site of First Baptist ChurchIn 1825, Wm. Bullein Johnson opened a subscription for a Baptist meetinghouse, which was soon built here. The 120 foot-s...
- 03-01Smyrna Baptist ChurchOrganized in 1827 as Kirkland Church, the name was changed in 1836 to Smyrna Baptist Church. Title to the site was conve...
- 26-14Socastee Methodist ChurchThis church, originating with services held in a brush arbor, was formally organized by 1818. Its first sanctuary, a log...
- 08-14Spring Hill Methodist ChurchAccording to tradition Methodists worshiped here under a brush arbor as early as 1800. On August 2, 1814, Phillip Keller...
- 32-14St. Andrew's Lutheran ChurchThese four acres were conveyed to St. Andrew's Lutheran Church in 1835, and by November of that year, the congregation h...
- 05-05St. John's Baptist ChurchThis church, established 1829 30, was first named Three Mile Creek Church and held early services in a brush arbor 4 mi....
- 08-28St. John's ChurchThis Baptist Church, constituted 1851, constructed the present building here in 1881 on land donated by A. D. Hare, a ch...
- 10-22St. John's ChurchThis church grew from services held for German inhabitants in Charleston by Rev. Johann Martin Boltzius in 1734 and Rev....
- 37-02St. John's Lutheran ChurchOn November 20, 1853, St. John's was organized by members of the German Colonization Society of Charleston, S.C. who fou...
- 02-35St. John's Methodist ChurchThis church has its origin in 1825 as a Methodist congregation on the Hollow Creek Circuit that predates the city of Aik...
- 04-07St. John's Methodist ChurchOrganized in 1828, this was the first church in Anderson. A log meeting house built in 1830 on West Benson Street served...
- 46-90St. John's Methodist ChurchEst. 1856, the Methodist Church in Rock Hill was the town’s first formally organized religious body. Founding leaders in...
- 15-29St. Jude's ChurchThis was originally the parish church for St. Jude’s Episcopal Parish. The church was initially part of St. Bartholomew’...
- 07-25St. Luke's ChurchThis sanctuary, built 1824 as St. Luke's Episcopal Church, housed an active Episcopal congregation until just before the...
- 32-52St. Michael Lutheran ChurchSt. Michael Lutheran Church organized in 1814 with members who came from nearby Zion and Bethel Churches. The desire to ...
- 04-35St. Paul Methodist ChurchThis church, founded in 1803, held its first services in the home of John Wilson and was first known as Wilson’s Chapel....
- 13-24St. Paul Methodist ChurchMethodism in Chesterfield County dates to the 1780s. This Methodist congregation organized in c.1830. It was one of thir...
- 07-45St. Peter Catholic ChurchThis Greek Revival church, built in 1846, dedicated as “St. Peter the Apostle Church,” is the oldest Catholic church in ...
- 40-34St. Peter's Church and Ursuline ConventFirst church built 1824; present church 1906. In the churchyard is buried John R. Niernsee (1823-85), Major C. S. A.; ar...
- 40-121St. Phillip A.M.E. ChurchThis church, organized by 1835, met first in a brush arbor 1 ½ mi. N., then constructed a sanctuary on this site shortly...
- 32-24St. Stephen's ChurchThis Lutheran Church, founded by 1830, and the earliest church in Lexington, dedicated its first-known house of worship ...
- 02-12St. Thaddeus ChurchThis Episcopal Church (cornerstone laid Sept. 5, 1842) was consecrated Aug. 9, 1843. It is the city's oldest church stru...
- 23-84Standing Spring Baptist ChurchStanding Springs Baptist Church was organized in 1818 as an arm of Fork Shoals Baptist Church. There were ten charter me...
- 03-18Swallow Savannah CemeteryThis cemetery was est. by Swallow Savannah Methodist Church, which formed c.1815 at a log house 1 mi. S. The church was ...
- 03-17Swallow Savannah Methodist ChurchThis church first organized c.1815, when members met in a log house 2 mi. S that was adjacent to a sheet of water known ...
- 16-72Swift Creek Baptist ChurchThe earliest record of this church dates to 1789, when it belonged to the Charleston Baptist Association and had 76 memb...
- 42-33The Church of the AdventThe Church of the Advent dates from the 1840s, when Episcopal services were held in Glenn Springs, Limestone Springs, an...
- 17-01The Meeting HouseOn December 22, 1801, one acre on the north side of Bear Swamp was deeded for the use of the Baptist Society. Local trad...
- 04-37Townville Presbyterian ChurchThis church, founded as Nazareth on the Beaverdam Presbyterian Church, was established in 1803. It met in members’ homes...
- 16-30Trinity ChurchThis Episcopal church, located about 800 ft. N., was incorporated 1833. Early members associated with the church are sai...
- 38-32Trinity Lutheran ChurchTrinity Lutheran Church was founded in 1849 by German-Swiss Lutherans who came to Orangeburg District from Charleston. T...
- 46-03Trinity M.E. Church, SouthOrganized 1824 by the Reverends Wm. Gassaway and Jos. Holmes with former as pastor, Trinity is the oldest M.E. Church, S...
- 10-08Trinity Methodist Church Original SiteThe first Trinity Church building was erected on this site in 1792. By 1813, Trinity had joined the S. C. Conference, an...
- 45-20Union Presbyterian ChurchThis church was organized in 1857 by members of Williamsburg Presbyterian Church who lived south of Black River and want...
- 38-20Walnut Grove ChurchThis Baptist Church, a branch of Four Holes Baptist Church in present Orangeburg County from 1840 to 1869, was admitted ...
- 07-49Wesley Methodist ChurchThis church, established in 1833, was the first Methodist church in Beaufort and was founded as a mission to slaves and ...
- 21-43Willow Creek Baptist ChurchThe congregation of Willow Creek Baptist Church can trace its origins to the early 19th century when it was first associ...
- 38-19Zion ChurchEvidence indicates that it was one of the earliest Methodist churches in the Orangeburg area. The original building, bui...
Civil War (1861-1865)
- 22-22Bethel ChurchThis African Methodist Episcopal church was the first separate black church in Georgetown County. It was established by ...
- 37-17Cross Roads Baptist ChurchThis church was founded between 1860 and 1880 by Forch Allen (1823-1911) and members of the Allen and Oglesby families, ...
- 07-40First African Baptist ChurchThis church, founded in 1865, grew out of an antebellum praise house for black members of the Baptist Church of Beaufort...
- 32-20Providence ChurchLutheran church said est. 1862. Admitted to synod 1866. Present remodeled building, built by 1869, is on land deeded chu...
- 07-55Queen Chapel A.M.E. ChurchThe congregation of Queen Chapel can trace its roots to May 1865 when A.M.E. missionaries Rev. R.H. Cain, Rev. James H.A...
- 25-22Steep Bottom Baptist ChurchSteep Bottom Baptist Church was constituted in 1814 through the efforts of Rev. Hezekiah A. Boyd and Rev. James Sweat. S...
- 07-14Tabernacle Baptist ChurchTabernacle Church was formed by black members of Beaufort Baptist Church after other members evacuated the area due to F...
Reconstruction (1866-1876)
- 40-150Bethel A.M.E. ChurchThis church, founded in 1866, was one of the first separate African-American congregations established in Columbia after...
- 09-14Bethel A.M.E. Church and SchoolBethel A.M.E. Church was established in 1865 and held its early services under a brush arbor. Bethel was the first A.M.E...
- 37-25Bethel Colored Methodist Episcopal ChurchBethel Colored Methodist Episcopal (C.M.E.) was founded in 1876, likely by former slaves. Members built a small wood fra...
- 16-90Bethesda Baptist ChurchBethesda Baptist Church organized in 1867 when African American members of Welsh Neck Baptist Church were granted dismis...
- 06-10Bethlehem Baptist ChurchThis church, officially organized in 1868, had its origins in the antebellum Barnwell Baptist Church, which was located ...
- 20-25Blackjack Baptist ChurchThis congregation was founded around 1870, mainly by Black former slaves of members of nearby Fairfield Baptist Church. ...
- 46-72Blue Branch ChurchBlue Branch Church was formally organized in 1870-71 as part of northern Presbyterians’ missions to southern freedpeople...
- 23-72Buncombe Street Methodist ChurchAs early as 1800 Bishop Francis Asbury, founder of American Methodism, rode circuit in the S.C. upcountry, spreading the...
- 38-36Bushy Pond Baptist ChurchThis church was organized during or just after the Civil War by black members of Willow Swamp Baptist Church, a combined...
- 40-118Calvary Baptist Church, 1865-1945Site of an African-American church organized in 1865 with Samuel Johnson as its first pastor. It met under a brush arbor...
- 07-64Campbel Chapel A.M.E.Built in 1853, this was originally Bluffton Methodist Episcopal church. Organized by whites, the church’s 216 members in...
- 16-91Cherry Grove Baptist ChurchFormer members of Swift Ceek Baptist Church (3 mi. W) founded this church in 1869, later adopting the name “Cherry Grove...
- 10-152Ebenezer A.M.E. ChurchEbenezer African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) is the oldest church congregation in the Town of Lincolnville. In 1874 tru...
- 14-18Ebenezer Baptist ChurchThis church was founded about 1869 by Mary Scott “Aunt Mary” Harvin, and held its first services in a nearby brush arbor...
- 43-31Enon Baptist ChurchThis church was organized in 1872 by Rev. Benjamin Lawson and held early services in a brush arbor. The first sanctuary,...
- 28-21Ephesus United Methodist ChurchEphesus United Methodist Church (U.M.C.) formally organized in 1869, when freed African Americans built a small frame ch...
- 46-30Episcopal Church of Our SaviourThe first services were in private homes and at Rock Hill Academy 1857-1861. The church was organized Easter 1870 with t...
- 16-44Fair Hope Presbyterian ChurchThis church was organized in 1872 by Harmony Presbytery with Capt. Joseph Commander (1800-1883) as its first elder. This...
- 07-73First Zion Baptist ChurchThis congregation organized around the time of the Civil War to serve formerly enslaved African Americans living in the ...
- 02-71Friendship Baptist ChurchThis is one of the oldest historically Black churches in Aiken. It was organized in 1866 by formerly enslaved members of...
- 24-17Good Hope Baptist ChurchThis church, founded about 1870, has its origins in Walnut Grove Baptist Church, founded in 1820. Walnut Grove included ...
- 07-76Grace Chapel A.M.E. ChurchGrace Chapel African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church formally organized in 1869 and was initially called Beaufort A....
- 03-14Happy Home Baptist ChurchThis church, founded soon after the Civil War, held its first services in a brush arbor in the Woods community of what w...
- 46-50Hermon Presbyterian ChurchThis church was organized in 1869 with Rev. J.A. Rainey as its first pastor and is one of the oldest black institutions ...
- 25-11Hickory Grove Baptist Church and CemeteryThis church, founded by 1869 with Rev. G.D. Kinard as its first pastor and 22 charter members, was admitted to the Barnw...
- 25-23Huspah Baptist Church and SchoolHuspah Baptist Church was organized c. 1873. The congregation first met in the homes of church members before erecting a...
- 16-74Jerusalem Baptist ChurchThis church, organized soon after the Civil War, is one of the oldest African-American churches in Darlington County. It...
- 16-66John Wesley Methodist ChurchThis church, founded about 1865, is the first African-American church in Lamar and was long known as Lamar Colored Metho...
- 17-18Kentyre Presbyterian ChurchKentyre Presbyterian Church traces its origins to meetings held in the home of Peggy Edwards in the 1860s. The congregat...
- 06-16Macedonia Baptist ChurchThis church, the first African-American Baptist church in Barnwell County, was founded in 1866 when Rev. James T. Tolber...
- 19-24Macedonia Baptist ChurchOrganized in 1869 with the support of Edgefield Village Baptist Church, this first African American church in Edgefield ...
- 16-15Macedonia ChurchTradition says first meetings of this Baptist Church were held in the home of Laura Brown. A house of worship was constr...
- 31-20Mechanicsville United Methodist ChurchThis church was organized in 1871 by Black families who settled in this area after the Civil War. In 1872, members John ...
- 36-19Miller Chapel A.M.E. ChurchThis church, founded in 1867, was one of the first A.M.E. churches north of Columbia. It was organized when black Method...
- 09-09Mount Pleasant Baptist ChurchThe first church built by African Americans at Fort Motte grew out of services held by slaves at nearby Bellville, Goshe...
- 19-16Mt. Canaan Baptist ChurchThis church, founded in 1868, was one of the first black Baptist churches in this area. Alexander Bettis (1836-1895), a ...
- 09-17Mt. Carmel Baptist ChurchOrganized in 1870 by freed slaves, this Baptist congregation is said to have first met in a brush arbor before temporari...
- 29-13Mt. Carmel CampgroundAccording to local tradition, this African Methodist Episcopal Zion Campground was established c.1870. Instrumental in o...
- 28-24Mt. Moriah Baptist ChurchMt. Moriah Baptist Church was established in 1866 and is one of the oldest Black Baptist congregations in Kershaw County...
- 22-55Mt. Olive Baptist ChurchThis church was founded in 1866 by Rev. James Smalls, its pastor for many years. The congregation, which built its sanct...
- 19-23Mt. Pleasant Baptist ChurchMt. Pleasant Baptist Church was organized in 1869 when the African American members of Philippi Baptist Church requested...
- 04-53Mt. Sinai United Methodist Church and CemeteryThis is the original site of Mt. Sinai United Methodist Church, an historically African American congregation organized ...
- 14-13Mt. Zion A.M.E. ChurchThis church, organized about 1865, held its early services in a nearby brush arbor but built a permanent sanctuary here ...
- 45-14Mt. Zion A.M.E. ChurchThis church was founded in 1867 on land donated by Moses and Matilda Watson. It was the first African American church in...
- 16-64Mt. Zion Baptist ChurchThis church, founded in 1869, was organized by 36 black members of nearby Black Creek Baptist Church, who received lette...
- 21-17Mt. Zion Methodist ChurchThis church, founded in 1868 with Rev. James Wesley Johnson as its first minister, held its early services in a brush ar...
- 43-39Mt. Zion Methodist ChurchThis church, with its origin in a brush arbor where services were held during the Civil War, was formally organized in 1...
- 34-26Nazarene Baptist ChurchThis congregation traces its roots to enslaved members of Gapway Baptist Church (1 mi. W) who held their own worship ser...
- 40-197New Light Beulah Baptist ChurchNew Light Beulah Baptist Church was organized in 1867 when 565 African American members withdrew from Beulah Baptist Chu...
- 46-60New Mount Olivet A.M.E. Zion ChurchThis church, organized in 1873, held its first services in private homes and then under a brush arbor on Pond St., near ...
- 27-21Oak Grove Baptist ChurchThis church was organized in 1870 by Revs. John D. Nix, W.H. Shuman, and Jonas Trowell. F.J. Bryan and A.W. Crosby were ...
- 23-56Old Pilgrim Baptist ChurchThis church was founded in 1868 by black members of nearby Clear Spring Baptist Church who named their new church Pilgri...
- 12-14Old Zion A.M.E. Zion ChurchOld Zion Church formally organized by 1873. It was originally located 2 mi. E on Goings Rd. where it shared a cemetery w...
- 10-155Payne Reformed Methodist Union Episcopal ChurchPayne Reformed Methodist Union Episcopal (R.M.U.E.) Church organized in the 1870s. Tradition holds that early members, i...
- 13-08Pee Dee Union Baptist ChurchThis church, formally organized in 1867, had its origins in Cheraw Baptist Church, founded in 1837. Shortly after the Ci...
- 40-228Pine Grove A.M.E. ChurchThis African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) congregation organized in 1868. Tradition holds that members first met under a...
- 27-14Pine Level Baptist ChurchThis church, organized on January 6, 1872 with Rev. M.H. Shuman as its first minister, held services in members' homes u...
- 16-88Pleasant Grove ChurchThis church was organized in 1869 by Rev. Dnaiel Jesse. Members first met under a brush arbor before building a small wo...
- 10-86Plymouth ChurchIn 1867 over 100 African Americans, most former members of the Circular Church, founded Plymouth Church, among the oldes...
- 02-59Providence Baptist ChurchProvidence Baptist Church was established by enslaved and free people of African descent in the town of Hamburg. After t...
- 30-12Rich HillThis African-American neighborhood, roughly bounded by N. Caroline St., E. Hampton St., Laurel St., and E. Laurens St., ...
- 17-07Saint Paul Methodist ChurchThis church was established prior to 1803 and was known as Liberty Chapel. The present structure, built in 1871, is sign...
- 39-30Soapstone Church & SchoolThis Baptist congregation likely dates to the 1870s and was organized by Rev. Joseph McJunkin to serve residents of Libe...
- 23-58Springfield Baptist ChurchThis is the oldest black Baptist congregation in downtown Greenville. It was founded in 1867 by members of Greenville Ba...
- 40-230St. James A.M.E. ChurchThis African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) church organized in 1871. In that year, five church trustees acquired this lot...
- 16-16St. James ChurchThis United Methodist Church was originally named Pearl Street Methodist Episcopal Church. The first trustees were Henry...
- 22-65St. John A.M.E. ChurchSt. John A.M.E. Church was established in the spring of 1867 with Rev. Saby Green as the first pastor. Early meetings we...
- 16-76St. John Methodist ChurchThe first meetings of what would become St. John Methodist Church took place under a brush arbor. The congregation compl...
- 40-219St. Luke's Episcopal ChurchSt. Luke’s was the first Episcopal congregation in Columbia established for African Americans. Members began worshipping...
- 27-20St. Matthew Baptist ChurchThis church was founded in 1870 with Rev. Plenty Pinckney as its first minister and worshipped in a “bush tent” nearby u...
- 35-46St. Michael's Methodist ChurchEstablished in 1868, St. Michael’s was the first Methodist congregation in Bennettsville organized by African Americans....
- 43-29St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal ChurchThis congregation was organized before the Civil War and held its services in a brush arbor until 1875 when its trustees...
- 20-21St. Paul Baptist ChurchThis African American church was organized in 1873 by Simon McIntosh, Henry Golden, Lily Yarborough, Frances Kelly, Lizz...
- 40-95St. Paul ChurchOne of the first black churches after the Civil War, St. Paul AME began as Oak Grove African Methodist Episcopal Church....
- 10-125St. Peter's A.M.E. ChurchOrganized c.1867 by Rev. Caesar Smalls, St. Peter’s African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church is the oldest-known reli...
- 15-26St. Peter's A.M.E. ChurchTradition holds that this African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) church first met after the Civil War before organizing in...
- 02-15Storm Branch Baptist ChurchThis church had its origins at or near this site in 1772 as a plantation chapel, in what was Edgefield District until af...
- 43-56Tirzah Presbyterian ChurchIn 1876, residents of the Providence section of Sumter County organized Tirzah Presbyterian Church. They included member...
- 14-17Trinity A.M.E. ChurchThis church was founded soon after the Civil War by 50 freedmen and women who held their first services in a stable dona...
- 38-24Trinity United Methodist ChurchThis African-American church, established in 1866, built its first sanctuary 4 blocks SE in 1870. Construction began on ...
- 40-21Washington Street Methodist ChurchA church was built here between 1803 and 1805; another church, erected 1832, was burned by Union troops in 1865 and reco...
- 40-146Wesley Methodist ChurchWesley Methodist Church is the oldest African American Methodist congregation in Columbia. It was founded in 1869 by Rev...
- 38-30Williams Chapel A.M.E. ChurchThis church was founded in 1873 with Rev. Dave Christie as its first pastor. In 1877 trustees Emily A. Williams, Richard...
- 40-186Zion Baptist ChurchZion Baptist Church first organized in 1865 and met in a humble dwelling on Gadsden St. The congregation moved to this s...
- 40-178Zion Chapel Baptist Church No. 1This African-American church was organized ca. 1865 when four men left Sandy Level Baptist Church, founded before the Re...
New South (1877-1913)
- 02-55Adath Yeshurun SynagogueAiken’s permanent Jewish community dates to 1890, when immigrants from Eastern Europe, many of them from Knyszyn, Poland...
- 02-66Aiken's Jewish MerchantsSustained Jewish settlement in Aiken dates to the 1890s. By 1920, a concentration of Jewish-owned businesses had opened ...
- 35-45Beaver Dam Baptist ChurchBy the 1890s, residents of this section of Marlboro County organized Beaver Dam Baptist Church. Also known as Cross Road...
- 30-26Beaverdam Baptist Church and SchoolThis Baptist congregation organized in the 1870s. A church cemetery at this site dates to that period, and early members...
- 07-52Berean ChurchBerean Presbyterian Church was founded by Samuel J. Bampfield, an influential African American political figure during R...
- 21-50Beth Israel CongregationJews have lived in Florence since the city’s founding in the 1850s and were among its early civic leaders. Local Jews fi...
- 07-44Beth Israel SynagogueBeth Israel (House of Israel) Congregation was founded and chartered in 1905. Beaufort’s Jewish community dates before t...
- 40-191Beth Shalom CemeteryIn 1883 members of Columbia’s Jewish community founded the Hebrew Cemetery Society of Columbia as an alternative to the ...
- 45-24Bethel African Methodist Episcopal ChurchThis African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) congregation organized in 1879. In that year, founding trustees Carter Murray ...
- 40-162Bethel Baptist ChurchBethel Baptist Church was founded in 1884 by black members of nearby Sandy Level Baptist Church seeking to organize a se...
- 16-69Bethlehem Methodist ChurchThis church, on this site since 1889, grew out of Sardis Methodist Church, a mission station organized in 1887 with a sm...
- 12-11Black Rock Baptist ChurchBlack Rock Baptist Church formally organized by 1874 and was originally part of the Gethsemane Baptist Association. The ...
- 40-224Brown Chapel A.M.E. ChurchTradition holds that early members of Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church worshipped under a brush ...
- 20-23Camp WelfareThis camp ground, described by one journalist as “picturesque, rugged, simple, with an overhanging air of festivity,” ha...
- 07-71Carteret Street Methodist ChurchMethodism in Beaufort Co. dates to the 1730s when denomination founder Rev. John Wesley visited the area. Methodist prea...
- 23-53Cedar Grove Baptist ChurchAccording to tradition, this African-American church was organized by Rev. Tom Jones shortly after the Civil War. It hel...
- 13-25Chesterfield Baptist ChurchChesterfield Baptist Church organized in 1877. Members first met at another Main St. site in a house owned by founding m...
- 13-26Chesterfield Presbyterian ChurchChesterfield Presbyterian Church first organized in 1889 with nine members. Rev. S.E. Bishop joined them and served as s...
- 20-20Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day SaintsSite of 5 buildings 1897-1986. Enemies of church burned two, tornado destroyed one. 1994 marks 100 years of Mormon prese...
- 40-88Church of the Good ShepherdBeginning in 1883 with services held in nearby private homes by Trinity Church, this Episcopal church then constructed a...
- 42-27Clifton Baptist ChurchThis church, originally called Clifton Baptist Church, was founded in 1881 with ten charter members and Rev. T.J. Taylor...
- 45-15Cooper's AcademyCooper’s Academy, built in 1905-06, was a private boarding school for the black children of this community until 1927, a...
- 03-20Doe Pond Baptist ChurchTradition holds that Doe Pond Baptist Church was organized by formerly enslaved people in the years after the Civil War....
- 11-14Dunton Chapel Methodist ChurchDunton Chapel Methodist Church can trace its origins to 1870, when Rev. J.R. Rosemond began preaching in the home of Mil...
- 42-36Episcopal Church of the EpiphanyThe Episcopal Church of the Epiphany was est. 1893 as a mission to Spartanburg’s African American residents. Rev. Theodo...
- 25-20Estill Methodist ChurchMembers of distant Lebanon Methodist Church held regular prayer meetings in Janie Boyd Rhodes’s Estill home from 1902 un...
- 25-19Estill Presbyterian ChurchThis church was founded in 1898 by residents of Estill and Lawtonville who were members of distant Presbyterian churches...
- 46-26First Associate Reformed Presbyterian ChurchThis church was organized in 1895 with 26 charter members. The sanctuary, completed in 1898 and enlarged in 1911, was de...
- 16-68Flat Creek Baptist ChurchThis African-American church was founded in 1877, with Rev. Daniel Jesse as its first pastor. It held its first services...
- 23-73Fork Shoals SchoolOriginally associated with Fork Shoals Baptist Church, Fork Shoals School was in operation by 1877. A private Fork Shoal...
- 23-94Fountain Inn Presbyterian ChurchFourteen charter members organized Fountain Inn Prebsyterian Church in 1889. They met in homes and other temporary sites...
- 10-38Friendship A.M.E. ChurchThis church, founded during Reconstruction, has been at this site since 1890. The first sanctuary serving this congregat...
- 30-14Friendship A.M.E. Church & CemeteryThis church held its first services in a nearby brush arbor shortly after the Civil War and was formally organized in 18...
- 21-16Greater St. James A.M.E. ChurchThis church was founded in 1883 by a Rev. Hill and twenty-five charter members. Early services were held in a member’s h...
- 18-25Jewish LifeSummerville became a renowned health resort in the late 1800s. Many Jewish merchants, drawn to the bustling settlement, ...
- 38-41Jewish MerchantsRussell St., historic hub of Orangeburg’s commercial life, was home to Jewish merchants for over 160 years. German Jews ...
- 46-80Jewish Merchants of Rock HillJewish merchants played an important part in Rock Hill’s early 20th century commercial development. By the 1930s, many J...
- 04-46Latimer Memorial Methodist ChurchEst. in 1876, the Belton Methodist Episcopal Church, South, was chartered with 44 members, including the Harris, Smith, ...
- 39-35Legare ParkNearby is the site of Legare Park, opened by and named for George S. Legare, a U.S. Congressmen from Charleston and summ...
- 32-22Lexington Baptist ChurchThis church was constituted May 21, 1893, with ten charter members. The original one-room frame building, dedicated 1894...
- 23-36Lickville Presbyterian ChurchThis church, which takes its name from a nearby salt lick, was founded in 1882. Mrs. Ellen C. Woodside (1838-1906) worke...
- 40-201Little Zion Baptist ChurchThe congregation at Little Zion dates to c. 1832, when enslaved individuals worshipped in white-controlled churches. Aft...
- 17-13Main Street Methodist ChurchThis church, founded in 1892, built its first sanctuary at West Main St. and Third Ave., where the Dillon County Courtho...
- 23-96Mattoon Presbyterian ChurchMattoon Presbyterian Church was organized in 1878 by Black members of Washington Street (First) Presbyterian Church. The...
- 02-25Millbrook Baptist ChurchThis church, formally organized in 1884, had its origins in a Sunday school class organized in 1874. With 16 charter mem...
- 32-48Mount Olive A.M.E. ChurchThis is the first permanent site of Mount Olive African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church. Church leaders acquired thi...
- 46-59Mount Prospect Baptist ChurchThis church, founded in 1883, first held services in private homes in Rock Hill. Formally organized as First Baptist Chu...
- 30-19Mt. Carmel A.M.E. ChurchMt. Carmel A.M.E. Church was founded in 1878. The congregation first met in the home of Mack and Caroline Saxon, freed s...
- 34-13Mt. Olive Baptist ChurchThis church was founded in 1882 by 16 charter members, all former slaves or the children of former slaves. It held servi...
- 16-81Mt. Rona Missionary Baptist ChurchMt. Rona was founded c.1903, when the first trustees purchased this site. Early members included the Bacote, Leek, Marti...
- 45-28Mt. Seal Methodist ChurchThis Methodist congregation was originally known as Turkey Creek Church. Tradition holds that members first worshipped u...
- 13-20Mt. Tabor Methodist ChurchMt. Tabor Methodist Church dates to the early days of emancipation when, according to local tradition, a group of freedp...
- 10-151Mt. Zion Baptist ChurchMt. Zion Baptist Church organized in the 1880s. Tradition holds they first met under a brush arbor on land owned by loca...
- 11-09Mulberry Chapel Methodist ChurchThis African American church, the first in what is now Cherokee County, was most likely built between 1880 and 1890. It ...
- 18-32Murray United Methodist ChurchTradition holds this Methodist congregation organized around the end of the Civil War and initially worshipped under a b...
- 23-47Mush Creek Baptist ChurchThis church, established in 1882, grew out of services held by itinerant Baptist ministers in a nearby log school, encou...
- 10-136New Bethel African Methodist Episcopal ChurchNew Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church organized in 1888. Tradition holds that members initially worshipped...
- 08-73New Hope Methodist ChurchThe congregation of New Hope Methodist Church dates to 1837. At that time the congregation consisted of both white membe...
- 22-62Oak Grove Methodist ChurchBishop Francis Asbury first arrived in Georgetown in Feb. 1785 and would return in 1786, at which time he established a ...
- 46-54Oakland Avenue Presbyterian ChurchThis church, which grew out of First Presbyterian Church, was discussed as early as 1901, with the first definite plans ...
- 32-58Pine Grove A.M.E. ChurchTradition holds that Pine Grove African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church organized in 1872 and first worshipped under...
- 17-15Pine Hill A.M.E. ChurchThis church, founded in 1876, was in Marion County before Dillon County was created in 1910. At first on S.C. Hwy. 34, t...
- 40-87Richland Presbyterian ChurchThis church building was dedicated in May 1884 by Dr. John L. Girardeau. The congregation of 11 members, including 2 eld...
- 27-17Ridgeland Baptist ChurchThis church was organized February 28, 1892, by Revs. W.H. Dowling and J.T. Morrison with nine charter members. It was a...
- 16-86Round O Baptist ChurchIn c.1883, freed African Americans and their descendants living on Round O Plantation withdrew from nearby Flat Creek Ba...
- 21-52Salem United Methodist ChurchThis Methodist church organized in 1871, when trustees acquired ½ acre of land north of the Jeffries Creek Public Road f...
- 18-15Shady Grove Camp GroundThis camp ground, established about 1870, is the largest of 4 Methodist camp grounds in Dorchester County. Tradition hol...
- 38-28Shiloh A.M.E. ChurchThis church, founded in 1886, was organized by Revs. D.A. Christie and C. Heyward with Sol Ellerbe and Mordecai Williams...
- 42-20Shiloh Methodist ChurchThis church, organized late in the eighteenth century, held its first services in a brush arbor and later constructed a ...
- 40-159Sidney Park C.M.E. ChurchSidney Park C.M.E. Church was founded in 1886 and has been at this site since 1889. It grew out of a dispute among membe...
- 21-60Snow Hill Baptist ChurchSnow Hill Baptist Church organized in the 1880s. Tradition holds the church initially worshipped under a brush arbor on ...
- 16-36Society Hill Presbyterian ChurchWas organized August 12, 1891 with 17 charter members, by a commission of the Pee Dee Presbytery under Revs. J. G. Law, ...
- 42-15Spartanburg Methodist CollegeWhile minister of Duncan Memorial Methodist Church, the Rev. David E. Camak established the Textile Industrial Institute...
- 03-13Speedwell Methodist ChurchThis church, founded in 1885, was named Speedwell for a stagecoach stop and the first post office in the vicinity, now M...
- 45-18St. Alban's Episcopal ChurchSt. Alban’s Episcopal Church has long been the only continuously active Episcopal congregation in Williamsburg County. I...
- 02-76St. Catherine C.M.E. ChurchIn 1890, this became the site of St. Catherine Colored Methodist Episcoapl (C.M.E.) Church. Tradition maintains that the...
- 07-33St. James Baptist ChurchThis church, founded in 1886 by former members of First African Baptist Church, is one of the oldest surviving instituti...
- 43-37St. James Lutheran ChurchThis church, the first Lutheran congregation in Sumter County, was organized in 1890 as a Home Mission, with six charter...
- 14-27St. Mark A.M.E.In 1885, sixty-five former members of Liberty Hill A.M.E. Church (3 mi. SE) organized this congregation to have a church...
- 10-131St. Mark's Union Methodist Episcopal ChurchSt. Mark’s Church was originally part of the Reformed Methodist Union Episcopal (RMUE) Church. RMUE ministers worked in ...
- 45-31St. Mary African Methodist Episcopal ChurchTradition holds that St. Mary African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church was organized in the 1890s by Rev. Caesar Wils...
- 12-12St. Paul Baptist Church at HalsellvilleThis congregation, originally known as St. Paul Colored Baptist Church, was formally organized by 1884 on nearby Goings ...
- 18-16St. Paul Camp GroundThis Methodist camp ground, one of four in Dorchester County, was established in 1880. African-American freedmen in this...
- 38-42St. Paul's Episcopal ChurchSt. Paul’s Episcopal Church was established in 1912. It was founded by Dr. Robert Shaw Wilkinson (1865-1932) and his wif...
- 27-23St. Paul's Methodist ChurchThis church, organized in 1890, is the oldest in Ridgeland, with its origins in several area Methodist congregations bef...
- 09-25St. Peter AME Church and SchoolThis African Methodist Episcopal (AME) congregation organized in 1880 when five trustees acquired one acre of land at th...
- 22-68St. Stephen A.M.E. ChurchIn 1897, members of Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, led by Rev. Washington P. Carolina (1864-1939), obt...
- 40-209St. Timothy's Episcopal ChurchSt. Timothy’s Episcopal Church dates to 1892 and is the third oldest Episcopal parish in Columbia. It began as a mission...
- 25-28Steele Missionary SchoolNorthern teacher Almira S. Steele opened a school for African American children at this site c.1885. Part of the America...
- 14-14Summerton Presbyterian ChurchThis church, founded in 1875 as a mission of the Presbyterian Church in Manning, grew out of occasional services held in...
- 14-11Taw Caw ChurchIn 1885 this black baptist church bought the building here, said built about 1860, from white Taw Caw church, now Summer...
- 23-65Taylors First Baptist ChurchTaylors First Baptist Church traces its origins to the years of the American Civil War. The church organized as Chick Sp...
- 43-42Temple SinaiSumter’s Jewish community, dating to 1815, has long been one of the largest and most influential in inland S.C. Mark Sol...
- 27-15Tillman Baptist ChurchThis church, formally established in 1883 as Savin Grove Baptist Church, had its origins in a congregation active before...
- 21-49Trinity Baptist ChurchTrinity Baptist organized in 1868, with Rev. Wesley J. Parnell (d.1873) serving as its first pastor. The church initiall...
- 40-01Trinity Episcopal ChurchParish organized 1812. Original church dedicated 1814; present church dedicated 1846. In the churchyard lie buried the t...
- 43-35Wedgefield Presbyterian ChurchThis church was founded in 1881 with assistance from Harmony Presbytery. It had 12 charter members, with elders Corneliu...
- 02-63Zion Hill Missionary Baptist ChurchThe congregation of Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church originated c.1894, when tradition holds that members began worsh...
World War I and the Interwar Period (1913-1941)
- 22-71Belin Memorial United Methodist ChurchBelin Memorial United Methodist Church (U.M.C.) organized in 1925. The first church building was a frame chapel previous...
- 40-193Beth Shalow SynagogueIn 1905 disagreements over religious practices divided members of Columbia’s Tree of Life Synagogue. Jews embracing Orth...
- 40-139Columbia Bible College, 1937-1960In 1937 Columbia Bible College (now Columbia International University) acquired the Ainsley Hall House, designed by Robe...
- 23-77Congregation Beth IsraelAround 1910 a group of Jewish families began to meet for Orthodox services in their homes and rented halls around Greenv...
- 07-36First Presbyterian ChurchEarly attempts to establish a Presbyterian church in Beaufort, in the 1740s and 1880s, were unsuccessful. The first perm...
- 16-92Kelleytown Baptist ChurchKelleytown Baptist Church formally organized in 1923. It was born from a series of tent revivals held at this site by Re...
- 32-56Lexington Rosenwald High SchoolThis is the site of one of four Lexington Co. schools built with support from the Julius Rosenwald Foundation. The five-...
- 10-111Lincoln TheatreIn 1919, the Lincoln Theatre opened at 601 King St. and became Charleston’s lognest operating theater for African Americ...
- 35-48New Hill Baptist ChurchOrganized by 1919, this Freewill Baptist congregation first met at a wooded 6.5-acre site approx. ½ mi. north where they...
- 40-234Ridgewood Baptist ChurchRidgewood Baptist Church organized in 1925. Members initially worshipped in the yard of Robert and Lillie Knightner’s fa...
- 40-194Shandon Presbyterian ChurchShandon Presbyterian Church began as Shandon Mission, which first met in Oct. 1913. By 1915, the Church had acquired tit...
- 23-71Simpsonville Methodist ChurchSimpsonville UMC was organized in April 1916 as Simpsonville Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The congregation origina...
- 21-57St. Beulah Missionary Baptist ChurchSt. Beulah Missionary Baptist Church likely organized in the late 19th century. They acquired this site from the Jeffrie...
- 34-19St. James A.M.E. ChurchThe congregation of St. James A.M.E. Church first worshipped under a bush arbor in the vicinity of what is now Ariel Cro...
- 14-21St. Mary Catholic ChurchThis Carpenter Gothic church, dedicated in 1914, is the oldest Catholic church in Clarendon County. Established as a mis...
- 04-41Temple B'nai IsraelAnderson’s Jewish community dates to the antebellum era but grew significantly after 1900 with the arrival of several fa...
- 42-42Trinity ChurchIn 1922 residents of the Converse Heights neighborhood held a series of meetings to discuss forming a new Methodist chur...
- 26-09True Vine Missionary Baptist ChurchThis church was organized in 1894 by founders Antey Graham, Beney Graham, Samuel Graham, Will Hill, and Ben Wilson, and ...
World War II and After (1941-present)
- 35-41Adamsville SchoolAdamsville School opened in 1954 as part of S.C.’s equalization program, an attempt to forestall racial integration by i...
- 40-182Bible Way Church of Atlas RoadThis church, founded in 1963, was originally about 3 mi. NW on Bluff Road. It was organized by Elizabeth Simmons (1900-1...
- 38-50Christ the King Catholic ChurchIn 1930, white Catholic priests in the Redemptorist missionary order assumed charge of local Holy Trinity Parish. In 193...
- 38-51Christ the King Catholic SchoolThis was the site of Christ the King Catholic School for local African Americans. Classes were previously held at Christ...
- 27-27Clementa Carlos PinckneyClementa Carlos Pinckney (1973-2015) answered the call to preach at the age of 13 here at St. John AME Church and receiv...
- 42-41First Baptist ChurchThis church’s oldest record is from September 16, 1787. Members first worshipped at a site 1½ mi. NW, deeded to them by ...
- 32-51Greater St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal ChurchTradition holds that the congregants of St. Paul Church organized in the 1870s and originally worshipped under a brush a...
- 14-08Liberty Hill ChurchIn 1867, five years after the Emancipation Proclamation, Thomas and Margaret Briggs gave four acres of land to this Afri...
- 22-69Pawleys Island House of WorshipIn 1946, the Georgetown Ministerial Association resolved to erect a place of Christian worship for summer residents on P...
- 16-75Round OMuch of the land in this vicinity was once part of Thomas Smith’s Round O Plantation. The name derives from a large Caro...
- 16-93South Hartsville Baptist ChurchSouth Hartsville Baptist Church began in 1950 as a mission of First Baptist Church Hartsville (3 mi. N). Members first m...
- 16-80St. Joseph's Catholic ChurchSt. Joseph’s began as a missionary parish to serve Hartsville’s African American community. Established in 1945, the par...
- 46-86St. Mary Catholic ChurchSt. Mary Catholic Church formed in 1945. It was organized by Fr. Edward Wahl, a white Oratorian who sought to minister t...
- 40-192Tree of Life SynagogueIn 1896 members of 18 Jewish families assembled to worship at the Independent Fire Company’s station overlooking Sidney ...