Anderson in Anderson County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Rock Mills Undenominational Singing Convention
Photographed by Bruce InCharlotte, February 28, 2025
1. Rock Mills Undenominational Singing Convention Marker
Mount Sinai Methodist Church (½ mi. S) was the home church of the Undenominational Singing Convention, later called the Interdenominational Colored Signing Convention. Formed by 1895, the Convention held annual meetings mostly at local Methodist and Baptist churches and other sites in this part of Anderson Co.
Tradition holds the Convention sang using shape notes, a notational system common in communal sacred music. Officers and song leaders typically gathered at Mount Sinai to plan the annual meetings and conduct teacher training and rehearsals. The Convention remained active until disbanding in the 2010s.
Erected 2023 by Community Workshop Choir. (Marker Number 4-49.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Arts, Letters, Music • Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1895.
Location. 34° 25.729′ N, 82° 44.904′ W. Marker is in Anderson, South Carolina, in Anderson County. It is on U.S. 29 north of Broadwell Mill Road, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 104 Broadwell
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Regionally, this marker is in Upstate and in the Greater Greenville-Spartanburg Area. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Mountain Creek Baptist Church (approx. 2 miles away); Roberts Church (approx. 3 miles away); Dean / Dean's Station (approx. 4 miles away); Ruhamah Church (approx. 4½ miles away); Ruhamah United Methodist Church (approx. 4½ miles away); Anderson Regional Airport (approx. 5 miles away); Flat Rock Cemetery Veterans Monument (approx. 5.3 miles away); The Original Back Door Step (approx. 5.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Anderson.
Photographed by Bruce InCharlotte, February 28, 2025
2. Rock Mills Undenominational Singing Convention Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on July 20, 2025. It was originally submitted on March 19, 2025, by Bruce InCharlotte of Charlotte, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 271 times since then and 68 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 19, 2025, by Bruce InCharlotte of Charlotte, North Carolina. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
