| Sidney Park Colored Methodist Episcopal Church | |
| Location: | 1114 Blanding St. Columbia, South Carolina |
| Coordinates: | 34.0072°N -81.0375°W |
| Architecture: | Late Gothic Revival |
| Added: | October 24, 1996 |
| Area: | less than one acre |
| Refnum: | 96001222 |
Sidney Park Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, also known as Sidney Park Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, is a historic Methodist Episcopal church located at Columbia, South Carolina. It was built in 1893, and is a brick Late Gothic Revival style church. It features the only set of octagonal towers in Columbia; each is topped by an octagonal steeple. The church also has lancet windows and pointed arches, wall buttresses, and a heavy timber truss system. The African-American congregation has a long history of involvement with civil rights activity and connection with the NAACP.[1] [2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.