Waverly in Columbia in Richland County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
First Calvary Baptist Church
1. First Calvary Baptist Church Marker
Inscription.
First Calvary Baptist Church descended from African American congregants who left First Baptist Church following the Civil War. These founding members, like many African Americans at the time, sought greater autonomy by breaking from white-controlled churches. The congregation of First Calvary first organized under a brush arbor and later met in the home of Celia Mann, now the Mann-Simons Cottage. The congregation built a permanent home, a frame structure, on Richland St. c. 1870. They remained at that location until building a new stone sanctuary at Pine and Washington Sts., which was completed in 1950. After more than fifty years of useful service that church was replaced by a modern brick sanctuary, built on the same site as the 1950 building, which was dedicated in 2005.
First Calvary Baptist Church descended from African American congregants who left First Baptist Church following the Civil War. These founding members, like many African Americans at the time, sought greater autonomy by breaking from white-controlled churches. The congregation of First Calvary first organized under a brush arbor and later met in the home of Celia Mann, now the Mann-Simons Cottage. The congregation built a permanent home, a frame structure, on Richland St. c. 1870. They remained at that location until building a new stone sanctuary at Pine and Washington Sts., which was completed in 1950. After more than fifty years of useful service that church was replaced by a modern brick sanctuary, built on the same site as the 1950 building, which was dedicated in 2005.
Erected 2016 by First Calvary Baptist Church. (Marker Number 40-190.)
Location. 34° 0.557′ N, 81° 1.133′ W. Marker is in Columbia, South Carolina, in Richland County. It is in Waverly. Marker is at the intersection of Pine Street and Washington Street, on the left when traveling south on Pine Street. Touch for map.
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Marker is at or near this postal address: 1401 Pine Street, Columbia SC 29204, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Credits. This page was last revised on February 16, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 19, 2018. This page has been viewed 291 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on October 5, 2018. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
