I did not attend services here - it was a Tuesday afternoon when I was passing by - but I did have the opportunity to walk the grounds and read the historical marker that provides much detail about this magnificent church.
The front reads, "This church, founded in 1788, predates the present town of Fort Mill and has occupied four sites in the vicinity. The first church, a log building, stood about 2 mi. NE in a community known as "Little York." It burned in 1804. A log church was built 5 blocks N, where the first church cemetery was laid out. That church burned in 1838, and the congregation moved to a site just E of the current location."
And the reverse, "The second church cemetery, laid out nearby, became a municipal cemetery in the 1920s. The third sanctuary, a frame building, burned in 1880. A Romanesque Revival church built here in 1881, featuring a central bell tower, was constructed with bricks made from local clay. It and the historic cemeteries nearby were listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. A new sanctuary was built here in 2010."
This is marker number 46-49 and it was erected in 2010 by the Congregation. There is plenty of parking.
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