First Baptist Church (Columbia, South Carolina)
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The James Petigru Boyce Chapel is a historic church building at 1306 Hampton Street in Columbia, South Carolina. It is a Greek Revival building built in 1859. A convention met here on December 17, 1860, whose delegates voted unanimously for South Carolina to secede from the United States, leading to the American Civil War. It was designated a National Historic Landmark as First Baptist Church, the role it played at the time. The building is part of the facilities complex of the First Baptist Church, Columbia- a Southern Baptist megachurch.
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Sumter Street, Columbia Main Street District
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N 34.005547222222 ° | E -81.033341666667 ° |
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First Baptist Church
Sumter Street
29201 Columbia, Main Street District
South Carolina, United States
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