St. Philip's Episcopal Church (Bradford Springs, South Carolina)

Infobox_nrhp | name =St. Philip's Episcopal Church
Bradford Springs, South Carolina
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caption =
location = Bradford Springs Road

nearest_city= 6 miles north of Dalzell, South Carolina
locmapin = South Carolina
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built =1840
architect= unknown
architecture= Gothic Revival Carpenter Gothic
added = April 17, 1996
governing_body = Private: Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina.
refnum=96000406cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

St. Philip's Episcopal Church is an historic Episcopal church in the the High Hills of Santee antebellum summer resort community of Bradford Springs in Lee County, South Carolina in the United States. Built in 1840 in what was then part of Sumter County, it is an early example of the Carpenter Gothic style of architecture. It is located about six miles north of Dalzell. On April 17, 1996, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places, [ [http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/lee/S10817731012/index.htm South Carolina Department of Archives and History file on St. Philip's Church] ]

History

St. Philip's Episcopal Church, built in 1840, is an early example of the Carpenter Gothic style of architecture. It is unusual among such churches in featuring a pointed arch window in its front gable rather than the customary circular rose window. [Richardson, Katherine H., nomination form for St. Philip's, accessible by Internet Explorer by link found at [ [http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/lee/S10817731012/index.htm South Carolina Department of Archives and History file on St. Philip's Church] ]

Cemetery

St. Philip's Cemetery is included in the historic place designation. Buried there is the Rev. Charles Pinckney Elliott, the first rector of the church. [Richardson, Katherine H., nomination form for St. Philip's, accessible by Internet Explorer by link found at [ [http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/lee/S10817731012/index.htm South Carolina Department of Archives and History file on St. Philip's Church] ]

Current use

St. Philip's Episcopal Church is no longer an active parish in the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina, but is maintained by local descendants of the original members with assistance from the diocese. [ [http://www.dioceseofsc.org/mt/archives/cat_churches.html Diocese of South Carolina church directory] ] [Richardson, Katherine H., nomination form for St. Philip's, accessible by Internet Explorer by link found at [ [http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/lee/S10817731012/index.htm South Carolina Department of Archives and History file on St. Philip's Church] ]

ee also

*List of Registered Historic Places in South Carolina
* St. Philip's Episcopal Church

References

External links

* [http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/SC/Lee/state.html National Register listings for Lee County]
* [http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/lee/S10817731012/index.htm South Carolina Department of Archives and History file on St. Philip's Church]