Saint Thomas' Protestant Episcopal Church

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Saint Thomas' Protestant Episcopal Church
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LocationNear the junction of U.S. Route 601 and South Carolina Highway 263, near Eastover, South Carolina
Coordinates 33°54′12″N80°40′38″W / 33.90333°N 80.67722°W / 33.90333; -80.67722 Coordinates: 33°54′12″N80°40′38″W / 33.90333°N 80.67722°W / 33.90333; -80.67722
Area2.1 acres (0.85 ha)
Built1892
Architectural styleGothic Revival
MPS Lower Richland County MRA
NRHP reference No. 86000539 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 27, 1986

Saint Thomas' Protestant Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church dedicated to St. Thomas Aquinas. It was built in 1892 in Eastover, as a simple one-story frame church building, with Gothic Revival style design elements. [2] [3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. [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. "Saint Thomas' Protestant Episcopal Church, Richland County (near jct. of U.S. Hwy. 601 & S.C. Hwy. 263, Eastover)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  3. "Saint Thomas' Protestant Episcopal Church" (pdf). South Carolina Inventory Form for Historic Districts and Individual Properties in a Multiple Property Submission. March 27, 1986. Retrieved 12 August 2012.