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Little River Baptist Church

3.8 mi. N of Jenkinsville on SC 213, Jenkinsville, South Carolina

Historic church near Monticello, SC

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Little River Baptist Church, Facade

South Carolina Department of Archives and History

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The Little River Baptist Church is significant for its architecture and as one of the older Baptist churches in the South Carolina upcountry. Built ca. 1845, the church is an excellent adaptation of the meeting house plan church mixed with popular styles of the period. The church is a rectangular clapboard structure of Greek Revival design with Gothic Revival details in the front facade. The front gabled roof is supported by four octagonal columns on a raised platform. Two front doors open off of the wide portico. A lancet arch with tracery of wood and glass tops each door with a central keystone. In the center of the pediment is a semi-elliptical louvered vent. The church was apparently constructed by a local craftsman and has many original interior features such as straight-back wooden pews, flooring, and a balcony around three sides resting on columns. There is also hand-carved woodwork including a ceiling rosette from which hangs the original brass chandelier with glass hurricane shades and prisms. In the early 1950s a wing was added to provide Sunday School rooms and kitchen facilities. Listed in the National Register April 13, 1972.

National Register information 

Status
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on April 13, 1972
Reference number
72001208
Architectural style
Mid 19th Century Revival: Exotic Revival
Areas of significance
Architecture; Religion
Level of significance
Local
Evaluation criteria
A - Event; C - Design/Construction
Property type
Building
Historic function
Religious structure
Current function
Religious structure
Period of significance
1825-1849
Significant year
ca. 1845

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19th Century (38,126)
Built during 1840s (3,023)
Church (5,788)
Exotic Revival (7,381)
Fairfield County, South Carolina (54)
Have Street View (50,476)
 Jenkinsville, South Carolina (6)
Mid 19th Century Revival (7,958)
Place of worship (6,157)
Private owner (54,402)
South Carolina (2,206)

Update Log 

  • July 5, 2017: New Street View added by Michael Miller
  • September 5, 2014: Photo imported by Michael Miller
  • October 31, 2013: Updated by Michael Miller: Added "Description" & "Overview"

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