National Register of Historic Places

Mt. Zion Presbyterian Church

Bishopville, Lee County, South Carolina
Listed
July 16, 2003
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
03000661

About this property

Mt. Zion Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church located near Bishopville Lee County, South Carolina. It was built in 1911, and is a linear gable-front, temple-form, two-story brick building in the Neoclassical style. Set upon a raised brick foundation, the building's most imposing feature is its tetrastyle portico featuring a full-width masonry stair with cheek walls and monumental limestone columns and pilasters of the Ionic order. Directly to the rear of the church building is a small, one-story lateral-gabled frame building, constructed in 1851 as Mt. Zion's Session House. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.

Location

Bishopville, Lee County, South Carolina
34.10065, -80.22819

Categories

ARCHITECTURE
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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Nearby Battles

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When was Mt. Zion Presbyterian Church listed on the National Register?

Mt. Zion Presbyterian Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 16, 2003.

What type of historic resource is Mt. Zion Presbyterian Church?

Mt. Zion Presbyterian Church is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Mt. Zion Presbyterian Church is recorded as the industrial era.

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