Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (McClellanville, South Carolina)

Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church is a historic African Methodist Episcopal church located at 369 Drayton Street in McClellanville, South Carolina. It was built around 1872, and is a one-story, rectangular frame vernacular Gothic Revival church. It has a pedimented gable-front roof that supports a square-based steeple. A cemetery is on the property.[2][3] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.[1]

Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church
Cemetery at Bethel AME Church
Location369 Drayton St., McClellanville, South Carolina
Coordinates33°5′21″N 79°27′24″W
Area2.3 acres (0.93 ha)
Built1872
Architectural styleGothic
NRHP reference No.04000651[1]
Added to NRHPJune 22, 2004

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Nickless, Karen (October 19, 2003). "Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  3. "Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Charleston County (369 Drayton St., McClellanville)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 9 June 2012.


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