Mt. Olive Baptist Church (Mullins, South Carolina)
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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]
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Mt. Olive Baptist Church | |
Location | 301 Church St., Mullins, South Carolina |
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Coordinates | 34°12′37″N 79°15′1″W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1922-1926 |
Architect | Ford, Wade Alston |
Architectural style | Late Gothic Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 00000695[1] |
Added to NRHP | June 15, 2000 |
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It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1]