HMdb.org THE HISTORICAL
MARKER DATABASE
            “Bite-Size Bits of Local, National, and Global History”
  Home  — My Markers  — Add A Marker  — Marker Series  — Links & Books  — Forum  — About Us
Lancaster in Lancaster County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Lancasterville Presbyterian Church
 
Lancasterville Presbyterian Church Marker Photo, Click for full size
By Michael Sean Nix, October 28, 2009
1. Lancasterville Presbyterian Church Marker
 
Inscription. This congregation was organized May 5, 1835. Its first minister was James H. Thornwell, who later headed SC College in Columbia. The Gothic Revival building was dedicated 1862 and entered in the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. The congregation, now First Presbyterian Church, moved in 1926 and this building, purchased in 1961 by Dr. Ben F. Emanuel, was presented to the community in 1976.
 
Erected 1985 by Lancaster County Historical Commission. (Marker Number 29-15.)
 
Location. 34° 43.05′ N, 80° 46.398′ W. Marker is in Lancaster, South Carolina, in Lancaster County. Marker is on West Gay Street 0.1 miles west of South French Street, on the left when traveling west. Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: Lancaster SC 29720, United States of America.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. The Jail / Robert Mills (about 500 feet away, in a direct line); Franklin Academy / Oldest Continuous Public School Site in Lancaster County (about 600 feet away); Leroy Springs House (about 700 feet away); Lancaster (approx. 0.2 miles away); Lancaster County Confederate Monument (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Courthouse Lancaster County (approx. 0.2 miles away); Lancaster & Chester Railway (approx. 0.4 miles away); Lancaster Normal and Industrial Institute (approx. 0.6 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Lancaster.
 
Lancasterville Presbyterian Church and Marker Photo, Click for full size
By Michael Sean Nix, October 28, 2009
2. Lancasterville Presbyterian Church and Marker
 

 
Also see . . .  South Carolina Department of Archives and History. (Submitted on October 30, 2009, by Michael Sean Nix of Spartanburg, South Carolina.)
 
Lancasterville Presbyterian Church Photo, Click for full size
By Michael Sean Nix, October 28, 2009
3. Lancasterville Presbyterian Church
 
 
Lancasterville Presbyterian Church Cemetery Photo, Click for full size
By Michael Sean Nix, October 28, 2009
4. Lancasterville Presbyterian Church Cemetery
 
Credits. This page originally submitted on October 30, 2009, by Michael Sean Nix of Spartanburg, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 25 times since then. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. Submitted on October 30, 2009, by Michael Sean Nix of Spartanburg, South Carolina. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.


•••
More Search Options
 
Categories

 
States & Provinces

 
Counties
Click to List


 
Countries

Page composed
in 107 ms.

 
 
 
history_125x125
The History Channel Shop  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
To search within this page, hold down the Ctrl key and press F.
On an Apple computer,
hold down the Apple key and press F.