Mt. Olive Baptist Church (Mullins, South Carolina)


Mt. Olive Baptist Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location	301 Church St., Mullins, South Carolina
Coordinates	34°12′37″N 79°15′1″W / 34.21028°N 79.25028°W / 34.21028; -79.25028Coordinates: 34°12′37″N 79°15′1″W / 34.21028°N 79.25028°W / 34.21028; -79.25028
Area	less than one acre
Built	1922-1926
Architect	Ford, Wade Alston
Architectural style	Late Gothic Revival
NRHP Reference #	00000695^[1]
Added to NRHP	June 15, 2000

Mt. Olive Baptist Church is a historic Baptist church located at 301 Church Street in Mullins, Marion County, South Carolina. It was built between 1922 and 1926, and is a one-story, Late Gothic Revival style brick cruciform building. It has a complex hip and gable roof and features twin corner towers of unequal height, a stained glass oculus above each entrance at the second level, a belfry containing four large pointed arch openings, and a large tripartite Gothic-arched leaded stained glass window flanked by stained glass lancet windows.^[2]^[3] The church played a major role in the African-American community in Mullins.^[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Simmons, Fannie Leonard (July 1, 1999). "Mount Olive Baptist Church" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
1 2 "Mount Olive Baptist Church, Marion County (301 Church St., Mullins)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 22 July 2012.

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