Mount Prospect Baptist Church

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Mount Prospect Baptist Church
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Location339 W. Black St., Rock Hill, South Carolina
Coordinates 34°55′45″N81°2′8″W / 34.92917°N 81.03556°W / 34.92917; -81.03556 Coordinates: 34°55′45″N81°2′8″W / 34.92917°N 81.03556°W / 34.92917; -81.03556
Arealess than one acre
Built1915
Architectural styleRomanesque
MPS Rock Hill MPS
NRHP reference No. 92000656 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 10, 1992

Mount Prospect Baptist Church is a historic church at 339 W. Black Street in Rock Hill, South Carolina. [2] [3]

It was built in 1915 and added to the National Register in 1992. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Gettys, Paul M. (September 28, 1990). "Mount Prospect Baptist Church" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
  3. "Mount Prospect Baptist Church, York County (339 W. Black St., Rock Hill)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 16 September 2012.