Horn Creek Baptist Church
Appearance
Horn Creek Baptist Church | |
Location | South of Edgefield, near Edgefield, South Carolina |
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Coordinates | 33°43′15″N 81°56′11″W / 33.72083°N 81.93639°W |
Area | 9.9 acres (4.0 ha) |
Built | 1790 |
NRHP reference No. | 71000773[1] |
Added to NRHP | May 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
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Ruhr, Nancy F.; Willette W. Fay. "Horn Creek Baptist Church" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
- ^ "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.
Categories:
- Baptist churches in South Carolina
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
- Churches completed in 1790
- Buildings and structures in Edgefield County, South Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Edgefield County, South Carolina
- 1790 establishments in South Carolina
- 18th-century Baptist churches in the United States
- South Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs
- South Carolina church stubs