Providence Methodist Church Explained

Providence Methodist Church
Location:4833 Old State Rd., Holly Hill, South Carolina
Coordinates:33.3925°N -80.5405°W
Built:-1920
Architect:Wilson, Charles Coker; Spencer, G.W.
Architecture:Classical Revival
Added:September 25, 2009
Refnum:08001395

Providence Methodist Church, also known as Providence United Methodist Church, is a historic Methodist church located at Holly Hill, Orangeburg County, South Carolina, USA. It was designed by the architect Charles Coker Wilson and built in 1919–1920. It consists of a sanctuary and rear educational/administrative wings in a modified cruciform plan. The front facade features a Neoclassical central tetrastyle portico with simplified Roman Doric order limestone columns, pilasters and entablature. It also features large stained glass Palladian windows. Also on the property is the contributing church cemetery.[1]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Eric W. Plaag . Providence Methodist Church . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . September 8, 2009. pdf . March 2, 2020.
    - Web site: Providence Methodist Church, Orangeburg County (4833 Old State Rd., Holly Hill) . National Register Properties in South Carolina . South Carolina Department of Archives and History . March 2, 2020.