Hopewell Presbyterian Church and Hopewell Cemetery
National Register Listing
Street Address:
5314 Old River Rd., Florence, SC (Florence County)
NRHP Nomination
Record Number:
S10817721009
Description and Narrative:
Hopewell Presbyterian Church and Hopewell Cemetery are historically related properties set at opposite sides of Old River Road in the Claussen community of rural Florence County. The church, completed in 1842, is a good example of a two-story frame edifice in the Greek Revival style. The church has a pedimented front gable end, two-story portico with two wood pillars and matching pilasters at the enclosed outer bays, and bands of five windows, taller at the principal level, at the side elevations. The building is clad in weatherboard, except the tympanum and wide architrave have flushboard siding, and rests on a brick pier foundation with brick infill. The cemetery, in use since the late eighteenth century, occupies a three-acre site where the original Hopewell Presbyterian Church stood. It contains a notable collection of nineteenth century marble headstones and monuments, many signed by their carvers, laid out in a distinctive pattern of alignment by family. Inside the cemetery is the church’s early Session House. Listed in the National Register June 2, 2000.
Period of Significance:
1770 – 1946;1779;1842;1946
Level of Significance:
Local
Area of Significance:
Architecture;Art
National Register Determination:
listed
Date of Certification:
June 2 2000
