Lady's Island Baptist Church

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

[unknown]

Street Address:

111 Brickyard Point Road North;(Beaufort County)

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Site Number:

025-426

Control Number:

U/13/025-426

Tax Number:

R200 010 000 0039 0000

Date Surveyed:

May 7 1997

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

circa 1855

Alteration Date:

circa 1925

Historic Core Shape:

Rectangular

Number of Stories:

2

Construction Method:

masonry

Roof Shape:

gable (end to front)

Porch Width:

full facade

National Register Determination:

listed

Signficant Architectural Features:

Large 2-story temple front church. 4-bay facade; first floor unevenly spaced with 2 windows and 2 double doors. Second story has 4 evenly spaced windows. Porch formed by gable projecting beyond facade to form temple front; supported by 4 tall square w

Alterations:

1-room, 1-story addition to rear, features exposed rafter tails.

Historical Information:

May have been built as an offshoot from the Euhaws Baptist Church; the church had members on Lady's Island by 1799.

Source of Historical Information:

Cole, Historic Resources of the Lowcountry, p. 63; Mills Klinghorn, "Baptist Church of Beaufort" in Michael D. Cresswell, ed., A History of the Savannah River Baptist Asociation, Ridgeland, SC, 1977, p. 40

Quadrangle Name:

Beaufort

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