First Baptist Church
Historic church in South Carolina, United States in Columbia, South Carolina. Built 1859. Added to the National Register in 1971, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The James Petigru Boyce Chapel is a historic church building at 1306 Hampton Street in Columbia, South Carolina. It is a Greek Revival building built in 1859. A convention met here on December 17, 1860, whose delegates voted unanimously for South Carolina to secede from the United States, leading to the American Civil War. It was designated a National Historic Landmark as First Baptist Church, the role it played at the time. The building is part of the facilities complex of the First Baptist Church, Columbia- a Southern Baptist megachurch.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | 1306 Hampton St., Columbia, SC |
| County | Richland County |
| Listed | Jan 25, 1971 |
| Reference number | 71000800 |
| Built | 1859 |
| Type of place | Protestant church building |
| Style | Greek Revival architecture |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 buildings |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | 1306 Hampton St., Columbia, SC |
| Website | fbccola.com ↗ |
| Coordinates | 34.00570, -81.03316 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Congaree National Park · 22 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Longleaf Campground 17 mi · Congaree Picnic Shelter 17 mi · Bluff Hike In Camping 17 mi |
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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 71000800. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.