Mt. Carmel Baptist Church

Historic Property
Alternate Name:
[unknown]
Street Address:
48 Old Haig Rd.;(Beaufort County)

Site Number:
046-489
Control Number:
U/13/046-489
Tax Number:
R800 025 000 006B 0000
Date Surveyed:
September 17 1997
Category:
Building
Construction Date:
1941
Alteration Date:
circa 1990
Historic Core Shape:
Rectangular
Number of Stories:
1
Construction Method:
frame
Roof Shape:
gable (end to front)
Porch Width:
full facade
Signficant Architectural Features:
Polygonal apse at east elevation with hipped roof.
Alterations:
Porch decking lost.
Historical Information:
First Mt. Carmel Baptist Church was organized in Daufuskie's Cooper River settlement, and erected its first building ca. 1901. The church and adjacent praise house were destroyed by hurricane of 1940. The congregation bought a separate lot where carpen
Source of Historical Information:
Interview Yvonne Williams, 9/17/97; Billie Burn, An Island Called Daufuskie, pp.289-292.
Quadrangle Name:
Bluffton