New Hope A.R.P. Church and Session House
National Register Listing
Street Address:
NW of Winnsboro, SC (Fairfield County)
NRHP Nomination
Record Number:
S10817720029
Description and Narrative:
New Hope A.R.P. Church and Session House were constructed ca. 1886. This church, with its decorated belfry and its intact session house, is significant as an interesting example of local interpretation of stylistic elements of religious architecture. The meeting house form church is a one-story, weatherboarded, frame church with an apsidal plan and a narthex pavilion. A bracketed belfry with bellcast roof, gablets, and finial surmounts the front-gabled roof. The gable end features a boxed cornice with returns and a blind oculus. Façade fenestration with shelf architraves has a double-leaf door surmounted by a ten-light transom flanked by single, large-paned, four-over-four, shuttered windows. Side elevations have windows identical to those of the façade. The interior walls are plastered above narrow-beaded-board wainscoting. The rear balcony displays a turned balustrade. Alterations include a 1970 left wing and the front steps. The session house is a ten by twelve foot weatherboarded frame building with a gable end roof with boxed cornices. Listed in the National Register December 6, 1984.
Period of Significance:
1886
Level of Significance:
State
Area of Significance:
Architecture
National Register Determination:
listed
Date of Certification:
December 6 1984
