Downtown Baptist Church

Historic church in South Carolina, United States

United States historic place


Downtown Baptist Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


34°51′9″N 82°24′9″W / 34.85250°N 82.40250°W / 34.85250; -82.40250
Area	1.4 acres (0.57 ha)
Built	1858
Architect	Sloan, Samuel
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	77001225^[1]
Added to NRHP	August 16, 1977

Downtown Baptist Church, is a historic church building located at 101 W. McBee Avenue in Greenville, South Carolina.^[2]^[3] It was constructed in 1858 as the new home of First Baptist Church of Greenville, replacing an earlier structure on the banks of the Reedy River. The congregation of First Baptist Church vacated the site for a new campus on Cleveland Street in the late 1970s at which time a minority of the congregation elected to remain at the downtown site and start a new church under the name Downtown Baptist Church.

The Greek Revival building, designed by architect Samuel Sloan, was built in 1858 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.^[1] In 2011, the building was renovated, removing side galleries and balconies that were added in 1915. It is now the home of Grace Church.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ PMcNulty, Katharine (August 25, 1976). "Greenville Baptist Church" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
^ "Downtown Baptist Church, Greenville County (101 W. McBee Ave., Greenville)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
^ "History of Grace Church Downtown". Retrieved January 8, 2014.