Padgett's Creek Baptist Church is a historic

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church located at 843 Old Buncombe Rd, Union, South Carolina near

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, Union County, South Carolina. It was built between 1844 and 1848, and is a plain, rectangular two-story

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building over slightly raised brick supports. The front has a

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added in 1958. There is also a one-story rear addition. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.

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Padgett's Creek Baptist Church Official Site
Baptist churches in South Carolina Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina Churches completed in 1844 19th-century Baptist churches in the United States Churches in Union County, South Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Union County, South Carolina Southern Baptist Convention churches {{SouthCarolina-church-stub