Kingston Presbyterian Church
National Register Listing
Street Address:
800 Third Avenue, Conway, SC (Horry County)
NRHP Nomination
Record Number:
S10817726030
Description and Narrative:
The Kingston Presbyterian Church, built in 1858, is significant architecturally as an outstanding example of antebellum Greek Revival ecclesiastical design. The church features a portico set on square columns with recessed panels and square pilasters, a three-bay façade with central triple sash windows of twenty lights each, and flanking double doors with architrave. Kingston Presbyterian Church symbolizes the social and economic success of the village of Kingston, present day Conway. Kingston Township and the village of Kingston were established when the British Crown decreed that a township should be laid out on the Waccamaw River some hundred miles from Charles Town. The name Kingston was chosen in honor of King George II, and the township and village were opened for settlement in 1735.The church building was originally sheathed with weatherboard, but was covered in stucco in 1930 when a stuccoed brick addition was added to the rear. The brick addition was designed by Florence, South Carolina architect Walter D. Harper. The present steeple was added to the building in 1962. The steeple replaced a late nineteenth-century steeple with a rectangular base and a pointed spire containing diamond-shaped, louvered vents, damaged by Hurricane Hazel in 1954. When initially constructed the church, a Greek Revival temple form edifice, had no steeple. The nomination also includes a contributing brick educational building that was constructed in 1956. The educational building, with a two-story Colonial Revival style residential appearance, was designed by the Wilson, North Carolina, architectural firm of Charles C. Benton and Sons. Listed in the National Register September 28, 2009.
Period of Significance:
1858
Level of Significance:
Local
Area of Significance:
Architecture
National Register Determination:
listed
Date of Certification:
September 28 2009
