Kirkland Church. Smyrna Baptist Church

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

Smyrna Baptist Church

Street Address:

S-3-22, (Allendale vicinity)

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Site Number:

S108042001300161

Site Number:

14

Date Surveyed:

1973;1979

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

circa 1815 – 1827

Historic Use:

Religion

Current Use:

Religion

Construction Method:

frame

Foundation Materials:

Brick

Roof Materials:

metal

Signficant Architectural Features:

Clapboard church of meeting house design. Hipped roof with protecting eaves. Front: symmetrical. 3 bays, with central Palladian window flanked on either side by a 9-paneled door with transom. Sides: 5 bays; 2nd story lights above each window. All windows except Palladian are 9/9 double sash with louvered shutters. Interior: 4 round columns, pews, organ, kerosene lamps (since electrified) have been preserved. Heavy locks on doors were made by Charles Benefield Reeves, an early pastor of Smyrna. OUTBUILDINGS:

Alterations:

altered - minor

Historical Information:

This church was organized in the early 1800's as Kirkland Chapel. Typical of early S. C. churches, the church building is of meeting house design. Heresy trial here resulted in the formation of Antioch Christian Church. Congregation disbanded in 1958.

Source of Historical Information:

National Register nomination, prepared in 1975

Survey:

Allendale County, 1979-1980

Archives Location:

Box 13, Series 108042, Survey of historic resources (county by county data on surface properties), circa 1971-2014

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