Smyrna Baptist Church


Smyrna Baptist Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	South of Allendale on South Carolina Highway 22, near Allendale, South Carolina
Coordinates	32°56′12″N 81°21′8″W / 32.93667°N 81.35222°W / 32.93667; -81.35222Coordinates: 32°56′12″N 81°21′8″W / 32.93667°N 81.35222°W / 32.93667; -81.35222
Area	7 acres (2.8 ha)
Built	1827
Architectural style	Meeting House Design
NRHP Reference #	76001691^[1]
Added to NRHP	May 28, 1976

Smyrna Baptist Church, also known as Kirkland Church, is a historic Baptist church located near Allendale, Allendale County, South Carolina. It was built in 1827, and is a one-story, meeting house style frame structure with a hipped roof. The front facade features a central Palladian window flanked by balancing nine-paneled entrance doors. A cemetery surrounds the church.^[2]^[3]

Dr. William Erwin, the original owner of Erwinton, his wife and sister-in-law were all excommunicated from Kirkland Church in 1833 for their affiliation with other denominations. They then formed the second Christian congregation, the Disciples of Christ, in South Carolina. They held weekly meetings at Erwinton until 1835 when the present meeting house was completed and dedicated as Antioch Christian Church.^[4]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ McNulty, Katharine; Huron A. Gray; Debora L. Gwinn (September 29, 197). "Kirkland Church, Smyrna Baptist Church" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 5 June 2012. Check date values in: |date= (help)
↑ "Smyrna Baptist Church, Allendale County (S.C. Hwy. 22, Allendale vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
↑ "Erwin House, Allendale County (off U.S. Hwy. 301, Allendale vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 4 March 2014.

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