Trinity Lutheran Church is a historic

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located at 390 Hampton Street in Elloree,

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. It was built in 1914, and is a one-story, granite

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style cruciform plan church building. The building replaced a wood-frame church built in 1889 that was destroyed by fire in 1913 after being struck by lightning. It features 16 granite and

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buttresses and distinctive custom limestone arched door and window surrounds. It was added to the

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in 2008.

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