McBee Methodist Church


McBee Methodist Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
McBee Methodist Church in 2010
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Location	Conestee, South Carolina
Coordinates	34°46′0″N 82°21′10″W / 34.76667°N 82.35278°W / 34.76667; -82.35278Coordinates: 34°46′0″N 82°21′10″W / 34.76667°N 82.35278°W / 34.76667; -82.35278
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1842
Architect	John Adams
Architectural style	Octagon Mode
NRHP Reference #	72001212^[1]
Added to NRHP	March 23, 1972

McBee Methodist Church, also known as McBee Chapel, is a historic, octagonal, brick, Methodist church building on Main Street in Conestee, Greenville County, South Carolina. Built in 1856,^[2] it was designed by millwright John Adams and named for Vardry McBee (1775-1864), the "Father of Greenville," whose son donated the money to build it.^[3]^[4]^[5]

The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 23, 1972.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Lake Conestee Park website.
↑ Weidner, Jr., Thomas M.; Linda Lake (May 1971). "McBee Methodist Church" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
↑ "McBee Methodist Church, Greenville County (Main St., Conestee)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
↑ University of North Carolina Library: Inventory of the McBee Family Papers, 1754-1937

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