Edisto Island Baptist Church

Edisto Island Baptist Church is a historic African-American Baptist church on Edisto Island in Charleston County, South Carolina. Built in 1818, it is a two-story church sheathed in beaded weatherboard with a medium pitched gable roof. An addition doubling its size was completed about 1865, and a two-story pedimented portico was added in 1880.[3][4]

Edisto Island Baptist Church
Edisto Island Baptist Church is located in South Carolina
Edisto Island Baptist Church
Edisto Island Baptist Church is located in the United States
Edisto Island Baptist Church
Location1644 South Carolina Highway 174, Edisto Island, South Carolina[1]
Coordinates32°34′22.4″N 80°17′3″W
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1818, 1865, 1880
MPSEdisto Island MRA (AD)
NRHP reference No.82003839[2]
Added to NRHPApril 01, 1982

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[2]

References
  1. "Contact Us". Archived 2013-11-27 at the Wayback Machine New First Missionary Baptist Church. Archived 2013-11-27 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2013-01-13.
  2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  3. Fullerton, Martha Walker (January 5, 1982). "Edisto Island Baptist Church" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  4. "Edisto Island Baptist Church, Charleston County (S.C. Hwy. 174, Edisto Island)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
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