McBee Methodist Church (Conestee, South Carolina)

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location= Conestee, South Carolina
lat_degrees = 34
lat_minutes = 46
lat_seconds = 0
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 82
long_minutes = 21
long_seconds = 10
long_direction = W
locmapin = South Carolina
area =
built =1842
architect= John Adams
architecture= Octagon Mode
added = March 23, 1972
governing_body = Private
refnum=72001212cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

McBee Methodist Church, also known as McBee Chapel, is an historic octagonal-shaped yellow brick Methodist church building located on Main street in Conestee, Greenville County, South Carolina. Built in 1842, it was designed by wheelwright John Adams and named for Vardry McBee (1775-1864), the "Father of Greenville," who gave the money to build it. [ [http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/greenville/S10817723005/index.htm South Carolina Department of History and Archives page on McBee Methodist Church] ] [ [http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/m/McBee_Family.html University of North Carolina Library: Inventory of the McBee Family Papers, 1754-1937] ]

On March 23, 1972, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

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External links

* [http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM2D99 Waymarking page for McBee Chapel]