Area less than one acre NRHP Reference # 96001222 Phone +1 803-779-0214 | Built 1893 (1893) Opened 1893 Added to NRHP 24 October 1996 | |
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Location 1114 Blanding St., Columbia, South Carolina Address 1114 Blanding St, Columbia, SC 29201, USA Architectural style Gothic Revival architecture Similar Ladson Presbyterian Church, Carver Theatre, Bethel AME Church, Washington Street United M, St Peter's Roman Catholic | ||
Sidney Park Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, also known as Sidney Park Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, is a historic Methodist Episcopal church located at Columbia, South Carolina. It was built in 1893, and is a brick Late Gothic Revival style church. It features the only set of octagonal towers in Columbia; each is topped by an octagonal steeple. The church also has lancet windows and pointed arches, wall buttresses, and a heavy timber truss system. The African-American congregation has a long history of involvement with civil rights activity and connection with the NAACP.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.
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