Sidney Park Colored Methodist Episcopal Church

	Sidney Park Colored Methodist Episcopal Church
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	1114 Blanding St.; Columbia, South Carolina
Coordinates	34°0′26″N 81°2′15″W / 34.00722°N 81.03750°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1893
Architectural style	Late Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.	96001222
Added to NRHP	October 24, 1996

Sidney Park Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, also known as Sidney Park Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, is a historic Methodist Episcopal church located at Columbia, South Carolina. It was built in 1893, and is a brick Late Gothic Revival style church. It features the only set of octagonal towers in Columbia; each is topped by an octagonal steeple. The church also has lancet windows and pointed arches, wall buttresses, and a heavy timber truss system. The African-American congregation has a long history of involvement with civil rights activity and connection with the NAACP.^[2]^[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Katrina Wood (May 1995). "Sidney Park Colored Sidney Park Colored Methodist Episcopal Church" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
^ "Sidney Park Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, Richland County (1114 Blanding St., Columbia)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2014-01-07.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[nrhpinv-2] Katrina Wood (May 1995). "Sidney Park Colored Sidney Park Colored Methodist Episcopal Church" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 2014-01-07.

[scdah-3] "Sidney Park Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, Richland County (1114 Blanding St., Columbia)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2014-01-07.

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