1114 Blanding St., Columbia, South Carolina. County/parish: Richland.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 24, 1996. NRIS 96001222.
1 contributing building.Also known as:
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.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/118998438