16-71 New Hopewell Baptist Church
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N 34° 26.877 W 079° 56.958
17S E 596519 N 3812326
The Church is located at 3500 New Hopewell Rd in the Hartsville, SC vicinity.
Waymark Code: WMXN58
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 02/01/2018
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Text - Front
This church was formally organized soon after the Civil War. It was founded by 20 black members of Antioch Baptist Church, who received letters of dismissal to form their own congregation in 1869. Slaves and free blacks had belonged to Antioch Baptist Church since its organization in 1830.
Text - Reverse
This church held its first services in a brush arbor. In 1871 Mrs.Lottie Cosom donated an acre on this site, later expanded to four acres for the church and cemetery. New Hopewell built its first permanent church here in 1886, renovated in 1887 and 1917-18. The present sanctuary was built in 1962.
Marker Name: New Hopewell Baptist Church
Marker Location: Roadside
Type of Marker: Building
Marker number: 16-71
County: Darlington
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