On SC Sec. Rd. 74, 2.1 mi. N of its jct. with US Hwy. 21, Frogmore, South Carolina. County/parish: Beaufort.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 19, 1989. NRIS 88001770.
Part of Historic Resources of St. Helena Island c. 1740-c. 1935 MPS (NRIS 64500565).
1 contributing building.
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.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/118995812