Horn Creek Baptist Church

Horn Creek Baptist Church
Location South of Edgefield, near Edgefield, South Carolina
Coordinates 33°43′15″N 81°56′11″W / 33.72083°N 81.93639°W / 33.72083; -81.93639Coordinates: 33°43′15″N 81°56′11″W / 33.72083°N 81.93639°W / 33.72083; -81.93639
Area 9.9 acres (4.0 ha)
Built 1790
NRHP reference # 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

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  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.


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