Socastee Methodist Church - 26-14 - Socastee, South Carolina
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BruceS
N 33° 40.999 W 079° 00.102
17S E 685235 N 3728835
Historical marker commemorating an early Methodist Church.
Waymark Code: WM2GNJ
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 10/31/2007
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Socastee Methodist Church - 26-14
This church, originating with services held in a brush arbor, was formally
organized by 1818. Its first sanctuary, a log building, was built here soon
afterwards on land donated by Philip Elkes. The cemetery, dating from the 19th
century, includes the plots of the Clardy, Cooper, Elkes, Hucks, Macklen,
Outlaw, Sarvis, Stalvey, and other early church families.
The second sanctuary, a frame building featuring a large portico and
square columns, was built in 1875 by W.T. Goldfinch of Conway. Sunday school
rooms were added in 1833 and the church was extensively remodeled and enlarged
in the 1850s, with work completed in 1957. The present sanctuary was built in
1987. ~ text of marker