The Church of the Holy Cross : Stateburg, Sumter County

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South Carolina Department of Archives and History

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Church of the Holy Cross (Stateburg, S.C.); Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration--South Carolina--Stateburg; Grants-in-aid--South Carolina--Stateburg; Church buildings--Conservation and restoration--South Carolina--Stateburg

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Built in 1850, this Gothic Revival building is constructed of pisé de terre, or rammed earth. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1973. In 2000 a major restoration project was undertaken to strengthen the steep roof, replace in kind as needed the damaged wooden trusses, framing, lath and timbers, install a new slate roof, recoat the exterior pebbledash coating and repaint with the historic colors, repair interior plaster, preserve Minton tiles, and replace the existing HVAC.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10827/6908

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2011

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Date Accessioned	2012-06-04T14:49:32Z
Date Available	2012-06-04T14:49:32Z
dc.description	Built in 1850, this Gothic Revival building is constructed of pisé de terre, or rammed earth. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1973. In 2000 a major restoration project was undertaken to strengthen the steep roof, replace in kind as needed the damaged wooden trusses, framing, lath and timbers, install a new slate roof, recoat the exterior pebbledash coating and repaint with the historic colors, repair interior plaster, preserve Minton tiles, and replace the existing HVAC.
Media Type	Document
Item Language	English
Publisher	South Carolina State Library
Digital Collection	South Carolina State Documents Depository
Rights	Copyright status undetermined. For more information contact, South Carolina State Library, 1500 Senate Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29201.
Type	Text
Digitization Specifications	This South Carolina State Document was either saved from a document available publicly online in PDF format or converted to PDF using Adobe Acrobat X Standard.
dc.coverage.spatial	Sumter County (S.C.)