Richland Presbyterian Church is a historic

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located near Gadsden,

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. It was built in 1840 and is a one-story, rectangular

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form frame church with an octagonal entrance tower. The building remained in use until 1922. It was added to the

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in 1986.

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Presbyterian churches in South Carolina Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina Churches completed in 1883 19th-century Presbyterian church buildings in the United States Churches in Richland County, South Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Richland County, South Carolina {{SouthCarolina-church-stub