Ruff's Chapel
U.S. 21 and SC 34, Ridgeway, South Carolina
Historic church in Ridgeway, SC
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Description
Ruff’s Chapel was the first Methodist Church built in Ridgeway. It was built by a prominent Ridgeway merchant, David H. Ruff, who is buried in the small cemetery surrounding the church. Built about 1870, Ruff’s Chapel is a single-story, rectangular frame building, sheathed in weatherboard, with a front gabled roof. There are two sets of double doors on the façade, topped by four-light transoms and simple entablatures supported on scroll brackets. The roof is covered with embossed metal shingles. The square open belfry has a metal covered bellcast hip roof with a ball finial. According to tradition, Mr. Ruff threw sixty silver dollars into the metal when the bell was cast, to give it a silvery tone. The bell was removed for safekeeping after an attempt was made to steal it. Listed in the National Register November 26, 1980.National Register information
- Status
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on November 25, 1980
- Reference number
- 80004400
- Areas of significance
- Commerce; Architecture; Religion
- Level of significance
- Local
- Evaluation criteria
- A - Event; C - Design/Construction; B - Person
- Property type
- Building
- Historic function
- Religious structure
- Period of significance
- 1850-1874
- Significant year
- ca. 1870
- Number of properties
- Contributing buildings: 1
Contributing structures: 1
Update Log
- September 5, 2014: Photo imported by Michael Miller
- October 31, 2013: Updated by Michael Miller: Added "Description" & "Overview"
Sources
- Wikipedia
- Michael Miller - michael_a_miller [at] yahoo [dot] com
- South Carolina Department of Archives and History
- National Register database - Reference number 80004400 (Search for documents)
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