Main Street Methodist Church
This church, founded in
1892, built its first
sanctuary at West Main St.
and Third Ave., where the
Dillon County Courthouse
now stands. That lot was
donated by James W. Dillon
(1826–1913), for whom the
town and county are named.
The original church, a
frame building, was moved
to the corner of Third Ave.
and Hudson St. in 1910 to
make way for the new county
courthouse, completed
in 1911.
The first sanctuary here,
a brick cruciform church in
the Gothic Revival style,
was designed by Charlotte
architect Oliver D. Wheeler
(1864–1942). Completed in
1914, it only stood seven
months before it burned
in January 1915. The
congregation worshipped in
the courthouse until a new
church was built. Wheeler
also designed the present
sanctuary, which duplicates
his original design and
was completed in 1916.
Marker is at the intersection of East Main Street (South Carolina Route 9) and 6th Street, on the right when traveling east on East Main Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
