Ridgeland Baptist Church
( Front text )
This church was organized February
28,1892, by Revs. W.H.Dowling and
J.T. Morrison with nine charter
members. It was admitted to the
Savannah River Baptist Association
with Rev.Dowling as its first
minister. The congregation held
services in the Masonic hall
until 1894, when it built its first
sanctuary, a frame building, on
Main St. in Ridgeland.
( Reverse text )
Ridgeland Baptist Church, originally
on Main St. in Ridgeland, moved to
a brick sanctuary on the corner of
Third Ave. and U.S. Hwy. 17 in 1925.
A third sanctuary, built there in 1950,
was enlarged and remodeled in
1963 and 1992. The church and all
buildings except fellowship hall
burned in 1995. The congregation
then moved to this site, dedicating
this new sanctuary in 1998.
Marker is at the intersection of Grays Highway (U.S. 278) and County Route 27-362, on the right when traveling west on Grays Highway.
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