Church of the Holy Cross (Stateburg, South Carolina)

Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Church of the Holy Cross, High Hills of the Santee, Stateburg, built of rammed earth
Location

SC 261, 335 N. Kings Hwy.

Stateburg, South Carolina
Coordinates 33°57′12″N 80°31′56″W / 33.9534°N 80.5322°WCoordinates: 33°57′12″N 80°31′56″W / 33.9534°N 80.5322°W
Built 1850-1852
Governing body Church of the Holy Cross
NRHP Reference # 73001732
Significant dates
Added to NRHP November 7, 1973[1]
Designated NHL November 7, 1973[2]

The Church of the Holy Cross is an historic church built in the early 1850s in Stateburg, in the High Hills of Santee near Sumter, South Carolina. Located on land donated earlier by General Thomas Sumter, a resident of Stateburg, its walls were constructed of rammed earth. Across the road from the church is Borough House Plantation, the home of Dr. William Wallace Anderson, chairman of the committee that built the church. In 1820, Dr. Anderson had built his own house of rammed earth on the plantation. With its additional rammed earth outbuildings, the plantation complex is also a National Historic Landmark.

In 1973, Holy Cross was added to the National Register of Historic Places,[1] and was declared a National Historic Landmark.[2][2][3] Joel Roberts Poinsett and many other 19th century South Carolinians are buried in Holy Cross' historic churchyard.

The Church of the Holy Cross is still an active Anglican parish in the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina. The church still has its original Erben pipe organ installed in 1851.

An 18-month, $2.3 million restoration to repair extensive termite damage was completed late January 2010 under the then-rector the Rev. Fr. Thomas W. Allen.[4][5][6]

Notable burials

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Church of the Holy Cross". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
  3. ↑ Mary Ann Eaddy (April 23, 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Church of the Holy Cross / Holy Cross Episcopal Church - Church of the Holy Cross" (pdf). National Park Service. and Accompanying one photo, exterior, undated PDF (32 KB)
  4. ↑ Restoration pictures, March through August 2009
  5. ↑ Restoration pictures, August 2009 through February 2010
  6. ↑ Reconsecration pictures
  7. ↑ Photo of Grave site of MOH Recipient George Mabry
  8. ↑ George Lafayette Mabry, Jr (1917 - 1990) - Find A Grave Memorial

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