St. Michael's Evangelical Lutheran Church

National Register Listing

Street Address:

N. of S.C. Highway 38, .7 miles west of junction with S.C. Highway 6, Irmo vicinity (Lexington County)

Alternate Name:

St. Michael's Lutheran Church

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NRHP Nomination

Record Number:

S10817732064

Description and Narrative:

Constructed in 1921 outside Irmo, St. Michael's Evangelical Lutheran Church is locally significant under Architecture as an intact example of the work of local expert craftsman Willie E. Koon of Chapin. Koon was a master carpenter who drew plans for thrity-four South Carolina churches, including a number in the Midlands. Self-taught, Koon was a careful craftsman whose design signature was recognizable in insistence on such features as towers, Gothic windows, double and triple front gables, and heavy eaves. The Carpenter Gothic building built in 1921 is the third church to house the St. Michael's congregation, which organized in 1814. This property was originally determined eligible by the Keeper of the National Register in 1983 but not listed due to owner objection. The objection was officially removed in April 2023, and the property was listed in the National Register July 24, 2023.

Period of Significance:

1921

Level of Significance:

Local

Area of Significance:

Architecture

National Register Determination:

listed

Date of Certification:

July 24 2023

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