Hopkins Presbyterian Church
National Register Listing
Street Address:
Near jct. of CR 66 and CR 86, Hopkins, SC (Richland County)
Alternate Name:
Hopkins Methodist Church
NRHP Nomination Form
Record Number:
S10817740092
Description and Narrative:
(Hopkins Methodist Church) Hopkins Presbyterian is significant as an unusually intact example of a small nineteenth century, rural church. Distinctive architectural features of the building include the round-arched entrance, the imbricated and squared shingles in the gable ends, and the tripartite window on the rear. The building was built ca. 1891 for the Hopkins Methodist Church, but the congregation lapsed, and in 1919 the building was purchased by the Hopkins Presbyterian Church. The congregation began in the late nineteenth century as a small group which met in a nearby school building. A student from the Columbia Presbyterian Seminary preached to the group two Sundays a month. This continued until 1916 when Hopkins Presbyterian Church was formally organized. The congregation was small; there were fifteen charter members. By 1937 there were 41 members, but in 1955 the membership had grown so small that services were discontinued. Today the church and cemetery are maintained by the Hopkins Presbyterian Cemetery Association. The church is a small, one-story frame building. The interior includes the small vestibule and a modest sanctuary with beaded-board walls and ceiling. Surviving original furnishings include wooden pews, pulpit chairs, a lectern, a communion table, and a pump organ. The large church lot contains a cemetery. Listed in the National Register March 27, 1986.
Period of Significance:
circa 1891
Level of Significance:
State
Area of Significance:
Religion;Architecture
National Register Determination:
listed
Date of Certification:
1986-03-27
Date of Boundary Increase:
No Boundary Increase
County:
Richland County;Hopkins
