Historical Marker

Columbia Seminary Chapel

1043 FOUNDERS LN., WINTHROP UNIVERSITY CAMPUS, ROCK HILL · Rock Hill · York

South Carolina marker

Inscription

This building was designed by Robert Mills and erected in Columbia, S.C., as the stable and carriage house of the mansion of Ainsley Hall; Chapel of Columbia Theological Seminary (Presbyterian), 1830-1927; first home of Winthrop College, 1886-1887. Woodrow Wilson accepted and confessed Christ here in 1873.

The chapel was moved to Rock Hill, 1936. Site is 350 yards SW. Erected by the Presbyterians of Rock Hill, South Carolina, 1967

Location

Address1043 FOUNDERS LN., WINTHROP UNIVERSITY CAMPUS, ROCK HILL
CityRock Hill
CountyYork

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