Original Site of Purity Presbyterian Church

Original Site of Purity Presbyterian Church

Organized 1787

Moved to Chesterville 1839

Erected by Old Purity Society 1939

Marker is on Great Falls Road (South Carolina Route 97).

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Original Site of Hoffnungsfeld-Eden Church

1898 to 1924

Drawing of church

Marker is on 18th Avenue, on the left when traveling north.

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Site of Original First Congregational Church Meetinghouse

Site of Original First Congregational Church Meetinghouse

1740-1775

Congregation founded 1739

Marker is at the intersection of North Granby Road and Salmon Brook Street (U.S. 202), on the right when traveling north on North Granby Road.

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Site of Original Oak Swamp Church

(Baptist)

Framing for this church had begun at Peckham Street, when disgruntled Oak Swamp people took away the timbers in the night and raised the church here.

Marker is at the intersection of Pleasant Street and Chestnut Street, on the right when ...

Original site of St. Cyprian's Episcopal Church

The first Episcopal service in Lufkin was held in 1893 by the Rev. George L. Crocket for the W.G. Barron and R.B. Shearer families. St. Mary's Mission was established in 1895 by the Rev. C.M. Beckwith, but the congregation did ...

Original Site of First Methodist Church of Austin

Established in 1840 by the Rev. John Haynie (1786-1860), the First Methodist Church was Austin’s second Protestant congregation. Services were held in temporary quarters until members erected their first meeting house in 1847 at this site, then the corner of ...

Original Site of First Presbyterian Church

The Rev. William M. Baker and five charter members organized the First Presbyterian Church of Austin on May 26, 1850. Abner H. Cook, future designer of the Governor's Mansion, was among the charter members and was elected a ruling elder. ...

Original Site of First Baptist Church of Austin

The Rev. R.H. Taliaferro of Kentucky organized the First Baptist Church in July 1847. Worship services were first held in the Capitol and later moved to a frame building at 12th and Lavaca. The congregation met in the 700 block ...

Encounter At Halfway Swamp / Site Of Original St. Mark's Church

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On Dec. 12, 1780, an old tradition says, British Major Robert McLeroth was surprised near here by Francis Marion, but avoided all-out battle by slipping away after pretending to agree to a staged combat, twenty on each side. Credence ...

Encounter at Halfway Swamp / Site of Original St. Mark's Church

Encounter at Halfway Swamp

On December 12, 1780, according to tradition, British Maj. Robert McLeroth was surprised near here by Gen. Francis Marion. The British first agreed to a staged combat with twenty men on each side, but slipped away ...