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Horn Creek Baptist Church

Coordinates: 33°43′15″N 81°56′11″W / 33.72083°N 81.93639°W / 33.72083; -81.93639
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Horn Creek Baptist Church
Horn Creek Baptist Church is located in South Carolina
Horn Creek Baptist Church
Horn Creek Baptist Church is located in the United States
Horn Creek Baptist Church
LocationSouth of Edgefield, near Edgefield, South Carolina
Coordinates33°43′15″N 81°56′11″W / 33.72083°N 81.93639°W / 33.72083; -81.93639
Area9.9 acres (4.0 ha)
Built1790
NRHP reference No.71000773[1]
Added to NRHPMay 06, 1971

Horn Creek Baptist Church is a historic Baptist church located near Edgefield, Edgefield County, South Carolina. It is a one-room meeting house style frame church building on a fieldstone foundation. A door behind the pulpit leads to a creek for baptizing. The church’s adjoining cemetery has excellent iron work. It is one of the oldest Baptist churches in the South Carolina Upcountry, having been incorporated in 1790.[2][3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Ruhr, Nancy F.; Willette W. Fay. "Horn Creek Baptist Church" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
  3. ^ "Horn Creek Baptist Church, Edgefield County (off S.C. Sec. Rd. 133, Edgefield vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 5 July 2012.