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WILLIAMS CHAPEL
A.M.E. CHURCH
This church was founded
in 1873 with Rev. Dave
Christie as its first
pastor. In 1877 trustees
Emily A. Williams, Richard
Howard, and Irwin Mintz
purchased a small lot here,
on what was then Market
Street before Glover Street
was laid out. They soon
built a frame church, which
stood for almost thirty
years. Additional acreage
purchased in 1909 allowed
the congregation to build
an addition and parsonage.
(Continued on other side)
ERECTED BY THE CONGREGATION 2006
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[SECOND SIDE]
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WILLIAMS CHAPEL
A.M.E. CHURCH
(Continued from other side)
This Gothic Revival church
was designed by Miller F.
Whittaker (1892-1949), a
professor at S.C. State
Agricultural & Mechanical
College (now S.C. State
University), one of the
first black architects in
S.C., and a member of this
congregation. The corner-
stone was laid in 1919, and
the church was completed
about 1925. Williams Chapel
A.M.E. Church was listed
in the National Register
of Historic Places in 1985.
ERECTED BY THE CONGREGATION 2006
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