Preview
Location
18 Gregg St., Graniteville
City
Graniteville
County
Aiken
Date of Founding
1847
Date of Photograph
1-1-2014
Description
When William Gregg began construction activity at Graniteville in 1847, he offered free building sites to religious groups if they agreed to erect churches designed by good architects. By 1849, two churches, a Baptist and a Methodist, had been completed, both of which were Early Gothic Revival in their architecture. Some years later, the Baptist church burned, but St. John remains. Designed by Charleston architect J.B. White, this westward-facing, T-shaped structure rests on red brick foundations; is of frame construction; features white-painted board and batten wall construction; has Gothic windows and door openings; and is capped with a slate-covered, steep gable roof. Today, the church – which appears to have undergone little exterior alteration – is in excellent condition and still serves its original purpose. Source: NRHP
Source
National Register of Historic Places
Rights
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License