Mary Jenkins Community Praise House facts for kids
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Mary Jenkins Community Praise House
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Mary Jenkins Community Praise House, June 2012
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 Location in South Carolina
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| Location | On Secondary Road 74, 2.1 miles north of its junction with U.S. Route 21, near Frogmore, South Carolina |
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| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | c. 1900 |
| MPS | Historic Resources of St. Helena Island c. 1740-c. 1935 MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 88001770 |
| Added to NRHP | May 19, 1989 |
Mary Jenkins Community Praise House is a historic church located on Saint Helena Island near Frogmore, Beaufort County, South Carolina. It was built about 1900, and is a narrow, one-story gable roofed building of frame construction with the entrance in the gable end. It is significant as one of four known extant African-American praise houses on St. Helena Island. The building remains in use.
It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
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