Green Hill Church

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

Broom Hill Baptist Church and Cemetery

Street Address:

1165 Boykin Rd Hwy 261

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Site Number:

1416

Control Number:

U/55/1416

Tax Number:

341-00-4

Date Surveyed:

December 3 2001

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

1877

Alteration Date:

1974

Historic Use:

Religion

Current Use:

Religion

Historic Core Shape:

Rectangular

Number of Stories:

1

Construction Method:

frame

Exterior Walls Materials:

Brick Veneer

Foundation Materials:

Not Visible

Roof Shape:

gable, end to front

Roof Materials:

composition shingle

Signficant Architectural Features:

Small front door goes to ground level. Entrance doors on all three sides of tower windows are 6/6 double hung with round-arched fanlight tops. Cemetery to right is unfenced. Has grave dates from 1920s forward, others unreadable.

Alterations:

Addition to rear and left side. Brick veneer added later.

Historical Information:

Founded in 1868. Remodeled in 1974. Before Civil War, cemetery was old burying ground for slaves.

Source of Historical Information:

Cornerstone and W.P.A. Church files

Quadrangle Name:

Camden South

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