Columbia Seminary Chapel

Columbia Seminary Chapel is a South Carolina historical marker in Rock Hill, York County, dedicated 1967.

York County · dedicated 1967 · 1043 Founders Ln., Winthrop University Campus, Rock Hill, Rock Hill

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This building was designed by Robert Mills and erected in Columbia, S.C., as the stable and carriage house of the mansion of Ainsley Hall; Chapel of Columbia Theological Seminary (Presbyterian), 1830-1927; first home of Winthrop College, 1886-1887. Woodrow Wilson accepted and confessed Christ here in 1873. The chapel was moved to Rock Hill, 1936. Site is 350 yards SW.

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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
Sponsored by Presbyterians of Rock Hill

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