Belton in Anderson County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Latimer Memorial Methodist Church

Photographed by J. J. Prats, May 19, 2025

1. Latimer Memorial Methodist Church Marker, Side One

Inscription. Est. in 1876, the Belton Methodist Episcopal Church, South, was chartered with 44 members, including the Harris, Smith, McGee, and Pinson families. Rev. John Attaway (1835-1903) was its first pastor while serving the Sandy Springs Circuit. Congregants met at Belton Presbyterian Church until a wooden church was built on this site, donated by Ira C. Williams in 1881. In 1911, Belton M.E. was renamed Latimer Memorial Methodist.

Congregants changed the church’s name to honor longtime member and elder Asbury Churchwell Latimer (1851-1908), a U.S. Senator and Congressman. Legislators from Washington, D.C., were among hundreds who attended his funeral at Belton M.E. Several additions have been made to the original church, including the steeple, high peak roof, chancel, and two towers (one extant). The church was brick-veneered in 1941-1942.

Erected 2020 by Department of Archives and History. Sponsored by the Congregation and the Belton Area Museum Association.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1876.

Location. 34° 31.437′ N, 82° 29.511′ W. Marker is in Belton, South Carolina, in Anderson County. It is at the intersection

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of River Street (South Carolina Route 247) and Green Street, on the left when traveling east on River Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 200 River St, Belton SC 29627, United States of America. Touch for directions.

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 the North Atlantic Region,

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 walking distance of this marker: Chamberlain-Kay House (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Belton Standpipe (about 600 feet away); Belton Depot (approx. 0.2 miles away); Greenville & Columbia RR / Belton (approx. 0.2 miles away); Belton / Historic Belton (approx. 0.2 miles away); Belton Academy / Central School (approx. 0.3 miles away); First Baptist Church of Belton (approx. half a mile away); Belton Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Belton.

Latimer Memorial Methodist Church Marker, Side Two image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, May 19, 2025

2. Latimer Memorial Methodist Church Marker, Side Two

Latimer Memorial Methodist Church and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, May 19, 2025

3. Latimer Memorial Methodist Church and Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 25, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 25, 2025, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 172 times since then and 49 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 25, 2025, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.