Rembert Church

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Rembert Church
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Location1 mile east of Woodrow on South Carolina Highway 37, near Woodrow, South Carolina
Coordinates 34°5′51″N80°21′11″W / 34.09750°N 80.35306°W / 34.09750; -80.35306 Coordinates: 34°5′51″N80°21′11″W / 34.09750°N 80.35306°W / 34.09750; -80.35306
Area11 acres (4.5 ha)
Built1835
Architectural styleMeeting House Style
NRHP reference No. 75001702 [1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 25, 1975

Rembert Church, also known as Rembert Methodist Church, is a historic Methodist church located near Woodrow, Lee County, South Carolina. It was built about 1835, and is a plain meeting house style rectangular building with clapboard siding. The adjacent cemetery was established in 1800. It is one of the earliest Methodist congregations in South Carolina, with a Methodist Society meeting as early as 1785. In its early days it was frequently visited by Francis Asbury, the first Bishop of the Methodist Church of the United States. [2] [3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. [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. Brabham, William H. (January 14, 1974). "Rembert Church" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
  3. "Rembert Church, Lee County (S.C. Hwy. 37, Woodrow vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 22 July 2012.