Tag Archives: Presbyterian Church

Collinsville Presbyterian Church-Collinsville, Alabama

The congregation of Collinsville Presbyterian Church began in 1904. Soon after they were organized, they purchased a building that was 2/3rds a Methodist church and 1/3 of the building belonging to the Van Buren Lodge No. 355 F. & A. M. The Gothic Revival Church was built in the 1890s and was relocated to its current site in Collinsville in 1908. The church is still active.

Sardis Presbyterian Church and Cemetery-Coosa, Georgia

Sardis Presbyterian Church congregation began in 1836. The cemetery was established at the same time. The earliest known burial is Rev. James Hervey McArver, who died in 1841.

Built in 1855, the church was where the Sardis Brigade of the 6th Georgia Calvary was organized here on May 9th, 1861.

The church remained open until 1979. It is still opened on special occasions. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

Troy ARP Church-Troy, South Carolina

South Carolina was the first location of the Associated Reformed Presbyterian (ARP) in the South. The locus of the churches was Abbeville, McCormick, and Greenwood Counties. The Troy ARP Church was founded in 1882.

Clayton Presbyterian Church-Clayton, Alabama

The Clayton Presbyterian Church was founded in 1874 by Reverend G. R. Foster under the auspices of the Presbytery of East Alabama. The church was built in 1881 at the cost of $2400.

Clark Presbyterian Church-Daugherty, Virginia

The congregation for Clark (sometimes Clarke) Presbyterian Church formed in 1894 as one six Presbyterian churches on the Eastern shore of Virginia. The Gothic Revival church was built in 1922. It now sits abandoned with significant damage to the roof.

Goodwill Parochial School-Mayesville, South Carolina

Goodwill Parochial School was built in 1890 to educate Black schoolchildren in Sumter County, South Carolina. The Presbyterian Church, USA funded it until 1933. It was in use until 1960.

It was put on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

Another school funded by the Presbyterian Church was Boggs Academy in Keysville, Georgia.