Mt. Olive Baptist Church (Mullins, South Carolina)

Mt. Olive Baptist Church is a historic Baptist church located at 301 Church Street in Mullins, Marion County, South Carolina. It was built between 1922 and 1926, and is a one-story, Late Gothic Revival style brick cruciform building. It has a complex hip and gable roof and features twin corner towers of unequal height, a stained glass oculus above each entrance at the second level, a belfry containing four large pointed arch openings, and a large tripartite Gothic-arched leaded stained glass window flanked by stained glass lancet windows.[2][3] The church played a major role in the African-American community in Mullins.[3]

Mt. Olive Baptist Church
Location301 Church St., Mullins, South Carolina
Coordinates34°12′37″N 79°15′1″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1922-1926
ArchitectFord, Wade Alston
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.00000695[1]
Added to NRHPJune 15, 2000

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Simmons, Fannie Leonard (July 1, 1999). "Mount Olive Baptist Church" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
  3. "Mount Olive Baptist Church, Marion County (301 Church St., Mullins)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 22 July 2012.


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