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Item Title
Church of the Holy Cross, State Route 261, Stateburg, Sumter County, SC
LocationState Route 261,
Stateburg vicinity, SC
Find maps of Stateburg, SC
Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS SC-13-14
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-4, FN-67, FN-68, FN-69).
Building/structure dates:
1852 initial construction
Building/structure dates:
1903 subsequent work
Building/structure dates:
1915 subsequent work
Building/structure dates:
1950 subsequent work
Building/structure dates:
1963 subsequent work
Building/structure dates:
1974 subsequent work
National Register Number: 73001732
Significance: The Church of the Holy Cross is an extremely unusual mid-19th century rammed earth structure. Built in a simple but highly refined Gothic Revival style, it was designed on the model of an English country parish church by Edward C. Jones, a prominent architect from Charleston, who designed many buildings throughout the state. Though not designed by Jones, the rammed earth dependencies and portions of the Borough House (HABS SC-362), located 0.2 miles northwest of the church, might be said to form with the church a complex of rammed earth structures unique to the state if not the nation. This church was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1974.
Subjects
Episcopal Churches
Related Names
Jones, Edward C.
Lee, Francis D.
Anderson, Dr. William Wallace
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
7. EXTERIOR, SOUTHWEST CORNER, SHOWING SOUTH ENTRANCE
8. EXTERIOR, CLOSE-UP OF WEST ELEVATION AND MAIN ENTRANCE
9. Photocopy of painting (Painted by the architect, Mr. Lee and presented to the Rev. J.J. Roberts, Rector, 1853-1866) Jack E. Boucher, Photographer, April 1960 EXTERIOR, GENERAL VIEW
10. Photocopy of an engraving of a stained glass window design by Johann Friedrich Overbeck (1789-1869) on which two of the chancel windows in the Church of the Holy Cross are thought to have been based. This copy is of a photocopy obtained from the Treasury of Notre Dame de Paris, Paris, France, by the late Mrs. Walter C. White of Stateburg, South Carolina. Mrs. White's photocopy is in the possession of Mrs. Richard K. Anderson of the Borough House at Stateburg.
11. Photocopy of photograph (original color slide made in 1974 by Henry D. Boykin, II, A.I.A., of Camden, South Carolina, and kept in his possession) OBLIQUE VIEW, SECTION OF SOUTH WALL OF NAVE SHOWING INTERNAL CONSTRUCTION OF ORIGINAL BRICK BUTTRESS AND RAMMED EARTH WALL.
12. Photocopy of photograph (original color slide made in 1974 by Henry D. Boykin, II, A.I.A., of Camden, South Carolina, and kept in his possession) FULL SECTIONAL VIEW OF SOUTH WALL OF NAVE SHOWING TYPICAL INTERNAL CONSTRUCTION AND MATERIALS OF CHURCH WALLS. BRICK BUTTRESS WITH CREPE COVERING ON LEFT; RAMMED EARTH WALL CORE IN CENTER (ADZE MARKS ARE FROM 1974 REPAIR PROCESS); INTERIOR LATH, PLASTER, AND CORNICE ON RIGHT. NOTE REMAINS OF EMBEDDED WOODEN BRACES (NEAR BUTTRESS) USED TO HOLD WALL FORMS DURING ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION OF WALLS.
13. Photocopy of color photograph (Photographer unknown, 1974) INTERIOR OF SACRISTY LOOKING NORTHEAST, SHOWING FURRING AND METAL LATH PUT IN DURING 1974 RESTORATION
14. Photocopy of color photograph (Photographer unknown, 1974) SACRISTY CEILING CONSTRUCTION, LOOKING EAST
15. Photocopy of color photograph (Photographer unknown, 1974) SACRISTY ATTIC, LOOKING SOUTHWEST. NOTE RAMMED EARTH WALL (NORTH WALL OF CHANCEL) AT LEFT; HOLES WERE LEFT BY WOODEN BRACES USED TO HOLD WALL FORMS DURING CONSTRUCTION
16. GENERAL VIEW THROUGH GATES FROM SOUTHWEST
17. GENERAL VIEW FROM SOUTHWEST
18. DETAIL OF GATES TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE CHURCH STRUCTURE; ACTUAL VIEW OF GATES IS FROM SOUTHEAST (GATES TO NORTHWEST ARE SIMILAR)
19. DETAIL VIEW OF WEST FRONT AND WEST END OF SOUTH SIDE OF CHURCH FROM SOUTHWEST; PARISH HOUSE VISIBLE IN BACKGROUND
20. GENERAL VIEW OF CHURCH FROM WEST SOUTHWEST
21. WEST (FRONT) FACADE
22. WEST (FRONT) FACADE
23. GENERAL VIEW OF CHURCH FROM NORTHWEST
24. GENERAL VIEW OF CHURCH FROM NORTHWEST
25. TELEPHOTO VIEW OF ESCUTCHEON WITH DATE, WEST (FRONT) FACADE
26. DETAIL OF ENTRANCE, NORTH SIDE OF WEST (FRONT) FACADE
27. SOUTH FACADE
28. DETAIL OF BUTTRESSES AND FENESTRATION, CORNER OF WEST (FRONT) AND SOUTH FACADES
29. DETAIL OF PORCH ENTRY TOWARD WEST END OF SOUTH FACADE, FROM SOUTHWEST
30. DETAIL OF PORCH ENTRY, FROM SOUTH
31. DETAIL OF SOUTH FACADE FROM SOUTHWEST, SHOWING TYPICAL BUTTRESSES, FENESTRATION, AND GUTTERS; FRAMED AREA ON WALL IS EXHIBIT OF UNDERLYING LAYERS OF CREPE WALL COATINGS AND RAMMED EARTH CORE OF WALL
32. DETAIL OF FRAMED EXHIBIT IN SOUTH FACADE, SHOWING UNDERLYING WALL COATINGS AND RAMMED EARTH CORE OF WALL
33. EAST (REAR) FACADE
34. NORTH FACADE
35. DETAIL OF SACRISTY ENTRANCE, EAST OF NORTH TRANSEPT ON NORTH FACADE
36. DETAIL OF GRAVE MARKER ABUTTING FOUNDATION AT NORTHEAST CORNER OF NORTH TRANSEPT
37. VIEW OF PARISH HOUSE FROM SOUTHEAST
38. VIEW OF PARISH HOUSE FROM SOUTHWEST
39. VIEW OF PARISH HOUSE FROM NORTHWEST
40. GENERAL VIEW FROM SOUTHWEST OF FRIERSON AND VAUGHAN CEMETERY PLOT SURROUNDED BY ORNATE CAST IRON FENCE, TO EAST NORTHEAST OF CHURCH HABS SC, 43-STATBU. V, 1A-1
41. DETAIL VIEW OF CAST IRON GATEWAY AND FENCE OF FRIERSON AND VAUGHAN CEMETERY PLOT, FROM SOUTHWEST HABS SC, 43-STATBU. V, 1A-2
42. DETAIL OF CAST IRON GATEWAY TO FRIERSON AND VAUGHAN PLOT HABS SC, 43-STATBU. V, 1A-3
43. DETAIL OF TOP OF CAST IRON GATE TO FRIERSON AND VAUGHAN CEMETERY PLOT, SHOWING YEAR OF CONSTRUCTION (1860) AND DETAILS OF CASTINGS HABS SC, 43-STATBU. V, 1A-4
44. VIEW OF NORTHEAST CORNER OF CHURCHYARD FROM NORTH SIDE OF FRIERSON AND VAUGHAN CEMETERY PLOT HABS SC, 43-STATBU. V, 1A-5
45. DETAIL VIEW FROM NORTHEAST OF CAST IRON GATEWAY AND FENCE SURROUNDING CONVERSE AND FRIERSON CEMETERY PLOT, TO SOUTHEAST OF CHURCH HABS SC, 43-STATBU. V, 1A-6
46. SILHOUETTE OF CAST IRON GATEWAY TO CONVERSE AND FRIERSON CEMETERY PLOT, FROM SOUTH HABS SC, 43-STATBU. V, 1A-7
47. DETAIL FROM NORTHWEST OF TOMBS OF JOEL ROBERTS POINSETT AND WIFE, TO SOUTHEAST OF CHURCH HABS SC, 43-STATBU. V, 1A-8
48. DETAIL OF INTERIOR CORNICE AT CORNER OF SOUTH WALL OF NAVE AND WEST WALL OF SOUTH TRANSEPT, FROM NORTH
49. DETAIL OF INTERIOR CORNICE AT CORNER OF SOUTH WALL OF NAVE AND WEST WALL OF SOUTH TRANSEPT, FROM NORTHWEST
50. DETAIL OF WOODEN ROOF TRUSSES AT CROSSING OF TRANSEPTS AND NAVE
51. DETAIL OF WOODEN ROOF TRUSSES AT CROSSING OF TRANSEPTS AND NAVE
52. VIEW OF WOODEN ROOF TRUSSES IN SOUTH TRANSEPT AND CROSSING, FROM NORTH
53. DETAIL OF PENDANT AT CROSSING OF ROOF TRUSSES AT CROSSING OF TRANSEPTS AND NAVE
54. GENERAL VIEW FROM NARTHEX EAST TOWARD CHANCEL
55. GENERAL VIEW FROM NAVE EAST TOWARD CHANCEL
56. GENERAL VIEW FROM CROSSING OF NAVE AND TRANSEPTS EAST INTO CHANCEL, SHOWING CHANCEL ARCH, VAULTING, WINDOWS, ALTAR, AND OTHER FEATURES
57. DETAIL OF EAST END OF CHANCEL SHOWING BISHOP'S CHAIR, ALTAR, AND STAINED GLASS WINDOWS; NOTE MINTON TILE MEDALLIONS ON FLOOR
58. DETAIL OF EAST END OF CHANCEL SHOWING BISHOP'S CHAIR, ALTAR, AND STAINED GLASS WINDOWS
59. DETAIL OF ALTAR FROM NORTHWEST
60. DETAIL OF BISHOP'S CHAIR
61. DETAIL OF CREDENCE SHELF IN NORTH WALL OF CHANCEL
62. DETAIL OF CREDENCE SHELF IN NORTH WALL OF CHANCEL
63. DETAIL OF PISCINA AND SEDILIA ON SOUTH WALL OF CHANCEL (WITH COMMUNION RAIL), FROM NORTHWEST
64. DETAIL OF PISCINA IN CHANCEL, FROM NORTH
65. DETAIL, TOP OF SEDILIA BAY, FROM NORTH
66. DETAIL OF CHANCEL ARCADE, CONSOLES, VAULT RIBBING, AND BOSSES
67. DETAIL OF CHANCEL ARCADE, CONSOLES, VAULT RIBBING, AND BOSSES
68. DETAIL OF CHANCEL ARCADE, CONSOLES, VAULT RIBBING, BOSSES, AND CHANCEL WINDOW MOULDINGS IN NORTHEAST CORNER OF CHANCEL
69. GENERAL VIEW FROM SOUTHWEST SHOWING NORTH WALL OF CHANCEL, CHANCEL CEILING, AND WINDOWS
70. GENERAL VIEW OF CHANCEL CEILING FROM WEST
71. DETAIL OF COMMUNION RAIL FROM WEST
72. GENERAL VIEW OF SOUTH HALF OF COMMUNION RAIL INCLUDING GATE, FROM NORTHWEST
73. DETAIL OF MINTON TILE MEDALLION IN CHANCEL FLOOR
74. DETAIL OF TYPICAL PEW ENDS ON NORTH SIDE OF NAVE
75. DETAIL OF TYPICAL POPPY HEAD ON PEW END
76. DETAIL OF TYPICAL POPPY HEAD ON PEW END, WITH SCALE
77. VIEW IN NARTHEX FROM NORTH SHOWING BAPTISMAL FONT AND INTERIOR OF PORCH ENTRY
78. DETAIL OF BAPTISMAL FONT
79. GENERAL VIEW OF ARCADE ON WEST WALL OF PORCH INTERIOR
80. DETAIL OF ARCADE BAY AND ESCUTCHEON ON WEST WALL OF PORCH INTERIOR
81. ORIGINAL(1851) STAINED GLASS WINDOWS IN CHANCEL, AS SEEN FROM CHURCH INTERIOR
82. ORIGINAL (1851) STAINED GLASS WINDOWS IN NARTHEX, AS SEEN FROM CHURCH INTERIOR
83. TYPICAL ORIGINAL (1851) NAVE WINDOW, AS SEEN FROM CHURCH INTERIOR
84. GENERAL VIEW OF PIPE ORGAN (BUILT BY HENRY ERBEN IN 1851), FROM WEST SOUTHWEST
85. GENERAL VIEW OF PIPE ORGAN FROM NORTHWEST
86. DETAIL OF NORTH SIDE OF CHOIR BOX RAIL
87. DETAIL OF LITANY DESK, FROM NORTHWEST
88. DETAIL OF LECTERN, FROM NORTHWEST
89. WEST (FRONT) SIDE OF PULPIT
90. DETAIL OF PULPIT, FROM SOUTHWEST
91. DETAIL OF MEMORIAL PLAQUES ON EAST WALL OF NORTH TRANSEPT, NORTH OF PULPIT
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