Ladson Presbyterian Church

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Ladson Presbyterian Church
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Location 1720 Sumter St., Columbia, South Carolina
Coordinates 34°0′33″N81°2′7″W / 34.00917°N 81.03528°W / 34.00917; -81.03528 Coordinates: 34°0′33″N81°2′7″W / 34.00917°N 81.03528°W / 34.00917; -81.03528
Area less than one acre
Built 1838 like one Chapel
Architect Ziegler, Daniel G. & Co.; Heidt, H.G.
Architectural style Renaissance
NRHP reference # 98000419 [1]
Added to NRHP April 30, 1998

Ladson Presbyterian Church is a historic African American Presbyterian church located at 1720 Sumter Street in Columbia, South Carolina. the religious building was initially a chapel founded in 1838 and, rebuilt in 1896, and is a one-story-over-raised-basement, rectangular red brick building in the Renaissance Revival style. It has a front gable roof and features two brick entrance towers. The congregation was founded in 1838, as an offshoot congregation of the First Presbyterian Church. [2] [3]

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Columbia, South Carolina Capital of South Carolina

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It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. Rossman, Trina S.; Andrew W. Chandler (October 27, 1997). "Ladson Presbyterian Church" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  3. "Ladson Presbyterian Church, Richland County (1720 Sumter St., Columbia)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 19 August 2012.