Mount Olivet Presbyterian Church Explained

Mount Olivet Presbyterian Church
Location:Off South Carolina Highway 200, near Winnsboro, South Carolina
Coordinates:34.4653°N -81.0339°W
Built:1869
Added:August 13, 1986
Refnum:86001523

Mount Olivet Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church located near Winnsboro, Fairfield County, South Carolina. It was built in 1869, and is a one-story, rectangular, front-gabled stuccoed brick building. The stucco is scored to resemble cut stone and the church sits on a granite foundation. The large cemetery northwest of the church contains several historically and artistically significant gravestones dating back to 1795 and is enclosed by a cast-iron fence.[1] [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mount Olivet Presbyterian Church . South Carolina Register Inventory Form and Individual Properties in a Multiple Property Submission . pdf . 5 July 2012.
  2. Web site: Mount Olivet Presbyterian Church, Fairfield County (int. of S.C. Hwy. 200 & S.C. Sec. Rd. 20, Winnsboro vicinity) . National Register Properties in South Carolina . South Carolina Department of Archives and History . 5 July 2012.