Church of the Holy Cross, State Route 261, Stateburg, Sumter County, SC

Significance: The Church of the Holy Cross is an extremely unusual mid-19th century rammed earth structure. Built in a simple but highly refined Gothic Revival style, it was designed on the model of an English country parish church by Edward C. Jones, a prominent architect from Charleston, who designed many buildings throughout the state. Though not designed by Jones, the rammed earth dependencies and portions of the Borough House (HABS SC-362), located 0.2 miles northwest of the church, might be said to form with the church a complex of rammed earth structures unique to the state if not the nation. This church was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1974.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-4, FN-67, FN-68, FN-69
Survey number: HABS SC-13-14
Building/structure dates: 1852 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1903 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1915 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1950 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1963 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1974 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 73001732