Mary Jenkins Community Praise House | |
Location: | On Secondary Road 74, 2.1 miles north of its junction with U.S. Route 21, near Frogmore, South Carolina |
Coordinates: | 32.4297°N -80.5606°W |
Built: | c. |
Added: | May 19, 1989 |
Area: | less than one acre |
Refnum: | 88001770 |
Mary Jenkins Community Praise House is a historic church located on Saint Helena Island near Frogmore, Beaufort County, South Carolina. It was built about 1900, and is a narrow, one-story gable roofed building of frame construction with the entrance in the gable end. It is significant as one of four known extant African-American praise houses on St. Helena Island. The building remains in use.[1] [2]
It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.