Horn Creek Baptist Church
by Lisa Wooten
Title
Horn Creek Baptist Church
Artist
Lisa Wooten
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Photograph - Photographs
Description
Horn Creek Baptist Church is a historic Baptist church located near Edgefield, Edgefield County, South Carolina. It is a one-room meeting house style frame church building on a fieldstone foundation. A door behind the pulpit leads to a creek for baptizing. The church’s adjoining cemetery has excellent iron work. It is one of the oldest Baptist churches in the South Carolina Upcountry, having been incorporated in 1790.[2][3]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
Horn Creek is one of the oldest Baptist churches in the "Backcountry" of South Carolina. Built in 1790, it is a rare example of the one-room meeting style church that reflects the simplicity and frugality of early settlers.
Also on the property was a 1781 Revolutionary War skirmish where a Tory party was defeated and captured.
The church is located down a road that is hard to navigate, and is patrolled regularly for potential vandalism. Tourist traffic is not advised or encouraged. Wikipedia and Google
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June 5th, 2017
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