Kingston Presbyterian Church Cemetery

Kingston Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Beaty Family Plot, June 2010
Location 800 Third Ave., Conway, South Carolina
Coordinates 33°50′10″N 79°2′43″W / 33.83611°N 79.04528°W / 33.83611; -79.04528Coordinates: 33°50′10″N 79°2′43″W / 33.83611°N 79.04528°W / 33.83611; -79.04528
Area 0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built c1737
Architectural style Victorian Gravestone Art
MPS Conway MRA
NRHP reference # 86002229[1]
Added to NRHP August 05, 1986

Kingston Presbyterian Church Cemetery is a historic cemetery located at Conway in Horry County, South Carolina.[2] It contains fine examples of Victorian-era funerary art, especially those in the Beaty family plot. Portions of the cemetery site were first the old Kingston "burying ground", established about 1737, and burials continued until 1909.[3] It is co-located with the Kingston Presbyterian Church, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Kingston Presbyterian Church Cemetery" (pdf). South Carolina Inventory Form for Historic Districts and Individual Properties in a Multiple Property Submission. June 25, 1986. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
  3. ↑ "South Carolina Department of Archives and History". National Register Properties in South Carolina: Kingston Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Horry County (507 Main St., Conway), including six photos. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. 2010-06-19.


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