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St. Philip's Episcopal Church, Bradford Springs

Bradford Springs Rd., approximately 6 mi. N of Dalzell, Dalzell, South Carolina

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St. Philip's Episcopal Church, Left Oblique

South Carolina Department of Archives and History

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St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, built in 1840, is significant as an excellent example of vernacular Gothic Revival church architecture and for its association with the popular antebellum and postwar summer colony of Bradford Springs. The church is a tangible link to the once-bustling, mid-nineteenth century community of Bradford Springs, located in the “High Hills of the Santee.” This area was a summer resort for planters and their families seeking refuge from the heat and malaria of the lowcountry and the midlands. Such families as the Sumters, Gaillards, Porchers, Stoneys, Frasers, Colcloughs, Capers, and Tates often spent from April to November there. The meeting house form church is a one-and-one-half story Gothic Revival building with a gable front and clad in weatherboard. It rests on piers of native stone and clay mortar (those on the perimeter are covered in stucco). The double front door and the 9/9 sash windows throughout the building are capped by pointed arches. The rear elevation has a gable end addition used for robing. The interior is as simple in design as its exterior. The church is entered through a small narthex which has stairs leading to the small balcony. The sanctuary has a simple dado and a plain painted plaster field. The cemetery adjoining the church dates to the founding of the congregation and is surrounded by a picket fence. Listed in the National Register April 17, 1996. - SCDAH

National Register information 

Status
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on April 17, 1996
Reference number
96000406
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
Periods of significance
1825-1849; 1850-1874; 1875-1899; 1900-1924; 1925-1949
Significant years
1840; 1841
Number of properties
Contributing buildings: 1
Contributing sites: 1

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19th Century (37,051)
Built 1840 (329)
Built during 1840s (2,955)
Church (5,577)
Dalzell, South Carolina (2)
Have Street View (43,380)
 Lee County, South Carolina (26)
Place of worship (5,936)
Private owner (54,396)
South Carolina (2,127)
Stone (26,162)
Stucco (7,816)

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

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