Sidney Park Colored Methodist Episcopal Church

Historic church in South Carolina, United States

United States historic place


Sidney Park Colored Methodist Episcopal Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


34°0′26″N 81°2′15″W / 34.00722°N 81.03750°W / 34.00722; -81.03750
Area	less than one acre
Built	1893 (1893)
Architectural style	Late Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.	96001222^[1]
Added to NRHP	October 24, 1996

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.^[2]^[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Katrina Wood (May 1995). "Sidney Park Colored Sidney Park Colored Methodist Episcopal Church" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
^ "Sidney Park Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, Richland County (1114 Blanding St., Columbia)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2014-01-07.