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Sidney Park Colored Methodist Episcopal Church

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Sydney Park Colored Methodist Episcopal Columbia, SC
Sydney Park Colored Methodist Episcopal Columbia, SC

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.It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

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Sidney Park Colored Methodist Episcopal Church
Assembly Street, Columbia Main Street District

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Assembly Street 1600
29201 Columbia, Main Street District
South Carolina, United States
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Basilica of St. Peter (Columbia, South Carolina)
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