Unknown

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

Abbeville Presbyterian Church

Street Address:

N. Main Street, Abbeville, South Carolina (Abbeville County)

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Date Surveyed:

circa 1981

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

1887

Historic Use:

Religion

Current Use:

Religion

Number of Stories:

2

Exterior Walls Materials:

Brick

Foundation Materials:

Other

Roof Shape:

Hipped

Roof Materials:

Slate shingle

Signficant Architectural Features:

2-story brick church; common bond; gable on hipped roof w/ small spire along ridge w/ louvered vents and finial; tripartite stained glass window w/ gothic arch in center and rectangular window on side in gable end; basic cruciform style w/ all corners filled in; projecting trancepts have large gothic arched stained glass window w/ keystone and quatrefoils and corbeling; double door gothic arched entrance w/ stained glass arch recessed under gable gothic arched porch; corbeling under eaves; entrance is part of single side tower w/ double lancet windows and open belry; buttresses at each corner of tower and at each corner of trancepts; hipped roof; 2-story brick educational building; 1 exterior chimney; double lancet window w/ keystone between trancepts; shed roof porch on right side w/ posts and balustrade; 2 single door recessed entrances under this.

Alterations:

Belfry - 50' in 1894; 85; in 1901 0 1912; 80' in 1922.

Survey:

Abbeville - City 1981

Archives Location:

Box 9, Series 108042, Survey of historic resources (county by county data on surface properties), circa 1971-2014

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