A Detour

Recently, while traveling through Allendale County, South Carolina we noticed a dirt road designated by a National Register marker. We pulled off the nearly deserted sunny tarmac and onto the dirt road. The coolness of the encroaching forest enveloped us and led us down a green leafy tunnel. We could barely make out an old structure in a clearing at the end of the road...

Antioch Christian Church
1833

From South Carolina Department of Archives and History :
Antioch Christian Church was the second Disciples of Christ Church in South Carolina. Today, according to the South Carolina Disciples, it is the oldest standing structure of that faith in the state and has been referred to as the “Mother Church.” Antioch is also significant as an excellent example of the meeting house style of church architecture. The simplicity of the design is carried out in the interior. The walls are plaster, and the original pews of hand-hewn pine remain intact. The South Carolina Disciples of Christ renovated the church in 1976, although the interior was not included in the renovation. Included within the acreage is a cemetery where many of Allendale’s oldest families are buried. Listed in the National Register December 12, 1977.