Spartanburg County · Marker 42-20

Shiloh Methodist Church

between Blackstock Rd. and W. Clark Rd., Inman vicinity

Front inscription

This church, organized late in the eighteenth century, held its first services in a brush arbor and later constructed a log meeting house. This frame sanctuary, built between 1825 and 1830, was the second building to serve Shiloh. In 1836 Adam Gramling, Jr., donated it and three acres to church trustees William Brooks, Adam Gramling, Sr., John Gramling, and Ruben Gramling.

Reverse inscription

Shiloh Methodist Church was the mother church of many Spartanburg County Methodist churches and some affiliated with other denominations. It was active until about 1915, when its last 14 members transferred to Inman Methodist Church. The old sanctuary, still an important part of the community, has been the site of an annual homecoming service since 1915.

County
Spartanburg
Region
Upstate
City or vicinity
Inman vicinity
Year approved
2000
Erected by
Friends of Shiloh
Coordinates
35.026017, -82.0845

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