Hermon Presbyterian Church

Hermon Presbyterian Church is a South Carolina historical marker in Rock Hill, York County, dedicated 2011.

York County · dedicated 2011 · 446 South Dave Lyle Blvd., Rock Hill, Rock Hill

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Front: This church was organized in 1869 with Rev. J.A. Rainey as its first pastor and is one of the oldest black institutions in Rock Hill. With support from Northern Presbyterians, it ran a private school as early as the 1880s and was a mission church until 1912. This Gothic Revival sanctuary, built by church members who were also brickmasons and carpenters, was built between 1897 and 1903. Reverse: This church features a three-story tower and pointed-arch and quatrefoil stained-glass windows. The congregation was a center of the local Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Hermon Presbyterian Church was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. After the congregation moved to a new church 1 mi. SW on Heckle Blvd. in 1999, this historic church became a community center.

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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
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