Grace Bethel AME Church
Historic Property
Alternate Name:
[unknown]
Street Address:
502 Charles St.;(Beaufort County)
Site Number:
025-1074
Control Number:
U/13/025-1074
Tax Number:
R120 004 000 0692 0000
Date Surveyed:
July 8 1997
Category:
Building
Construction Date:
circa 1870
Alteration Date:
circa 1905
Historic Use:
Religion
Current Use:
Religion
Historic Core Shape:
L
Number of Stories:
1
Construction Method:
frame
Exterior Walls Materials:
Weatherboard
Foundation Materials:
Stuccoed Masonry
Roof Shape:
gable (end to front)
Roof Materials:
composition shingle
Porch Width:
full facade
National Register Determination:
contributes to listed district
Signficant Architectural Features:
Raised single story timber framed church aligned east/west with main entrance from street east. E. facade has central double doors flanked right and left by tall double hung windows right and left, the window frames having pedimented heads.S. side elevat
Alterations:
Wing added north c. 1905 to match existing building. East approach altered during 1960's (?) when given new steps and a concrete floor.
Historical Information:
Entire Block 79 shown as property of Episcopal church in 1860's when this site was identified as being occupied by a "colored church". Present building appears later, attributable c. 1870. Sanborn Insurance Co. map shows structure without wing in 1899 an
Source of Historical Information:
Hillary Barnwell,
Quadrangle Name:
Beaufort