Cumberland A.M.E. Church

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

Cumberland A.M.E. Church

Street Address:

111 Kershaw St. SE, Aiken, SC (Aiken County)

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Site Number:

03_1407

Control Number:

U/03/1407

Date Surveyed:

October 28 2009

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

1914

Alteration Date:

circa 1930

Historic Use:

Unknown

Current Use:

Unknown

Historic Core Shape:

Irregular

Number of Stories:

1

Construction Method:

frame

Exterior Walls Materials:

Brick Veneer

Foundation Materials:

Brick

National Register Determination:

contributes to eligible district;

Signficant Architectural Features:

Gothic Revival; polychrome exterior; two towers, right one has steeple; engaged buttresses; prominent gothic arch windows; front elevation has three distinct bays; side elevation has four distinct bays in historic core..

Alterations:

Several gabled additions to rear in late 20th C.

Historical Information:

"Cumberland A.M.E. Church. Organized on Colleton Street 1867._x000D_ Removed to Kershaw Street rebuilt 1914. Rev. C. J. Bynum, D.D. Pastor." Sanborn maps for 1899-1909 show the earlier church on this site, with a dwelling house behind it.

Source of Historical Information:

Plaque.

Survey:

City of Aiken Historic Resources Survey, Aiken County, South Carolina. May 2010

Quadrangle Name:

Aiken

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