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Lynchburg Presbyterian Church

SC 341, South Lynchburg, South Carolina

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Lynchburg Presbyterian Church, Left Oblique

South Carolina Department of Archives and History

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Lynchburg Presbyterian Church, built in 1855, is significant as an excellent example of late antebellum Greek Revival ecclesiastical architecture. It is one of the few antebellum buildings still extant in the original community of Lynchburg (now South Lynchburg). The sanctuary was built by members of the congregation, with the assistance of members of the Lynchburg Methodist Church and several slaves and free blacks as well. The church is a two-story temple-form Greek Revival style building with an engaged tetrastyle portico featuring four massive stuccoed solid brick columns. Set upon an open pier brick foundation and sheathed in six-inch wide weatherboard, the building is a local interpretation of the Tuscan order of architecture. A small triangular-shaped, bifurcated and louvered ventilator interrupts the wide expanse of the portico’s pediment. Corner and wall pilasters adorn each side elevation. The interior is primarily a single room with plaster walls and twenty-one foot high ceiling, undecorated except for a large circular plaster medallion in the center. Paneled wainscoting surrounds the interior space along the outer walls, while a paneled balustraded gallery supported by square pillars with capitals extends along the sides of the interior space. The back half of the church’s three-acre lot is the church cemetery, with randomly placed plots and monuments of various designs and dates from the mid-nineteenth through the late twentieth century. Listed in the National Register October 1, 2004. - SCDAH

National Register information 

Status
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on October 1, 2004
Reference number
04001088
Architectural style
Mid 19th Century Revival: Exotic Revival
Area of significance
Architecture
Level of significance
Local
Evaluation criteria
C - Design/Construction
Property type
Building
Historic functions
Religious structure; Cemetery
Current functions
Religious structure; Cemetery
Period of significance
1850-1874
Significant year
1855
Number of properties
Contributing buildings: 1
Contributing sites: 1

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19th Century (37,866)
Brick (42,462)
Built 1855 (394)
Built during 1850s (4,706)
Church (5,712)
Exotic Revival (7,381)
Have Street View (46,447)
 Lee County, South Carolina (26)
Mid 19th Century Revival (7,958)
Place of worship (6,079)
Private owner (54,398)
South Carolina (2,160)
South Lynchburg, South Carolina (1)

Update Log 

  • September 22, 2014: Updated by Michael Miller: Added "Description" & "Street View", Corrected "GPS Coordinates" and Imported Photo
  • September 22, 2014: Photo imported by Michael Miller

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