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Location
East Court and Falls Streets, Greenville
City
Greenville
County
Greenville
Date of Founding
1866
Date of Photograph
1-1-2014
Description
Built between 1899 and 1903, the church is a two-story structure of brick laid in standard bond, a vernacular version of the Gothic Revival-style of church architecture. The style is characterized here by irregular massing; regular fenestration with emphasis on pointed arch windows with tracery, pinnacles and other decorative motifs on accent points (such as the tower), gables and steeply sloping roofs; large major interior space with emphasized height, beaded ceilings and wainscoting; wooden floors; and stained-glass ornamentation. After the Civil War, the Methodist Episcopal Church sent preachers and teachers to work among freedmen in the South. At a meeting in Charleston, it was decided to establish a congregation in Greenville, and in 1866 John Wesley’s congregation was organized by Rev. J.R. Rosemond, who is credited with organizing more than 50 Methodist Episcopal Churches in upstate South Carolina, under the name of Silver Hill Methodist Episcopal Church. Initially, the congregation met in a building owned by a white congregation, but after voting to affiliate with the Methodist Episcopal Church, North, rather than the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, the congregation acquired a log building on Ann Street. Alexander McBee subsequently donated a lot at Choice and Cleveland Streets, where a structure was built and occupied by the congregation until 1900. The foundations of the present structure, at East Court and Falls Streets, were laid in 1899 and the sanctuary was dedicated in 1903. Source: NRHP; UMC
Source
National Register of Historic Places
Rights
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