Kingston Presbyterian Church Cemetery is a historic cemetery located at Conway in Horry County, South Carolina.[2] It contains fine examples of Victorian-era funerary art, especially those in the Beaty family plot. Portions of the cemetery site were first the old Kingston "burying ground", established about 1737, and burials continued until 1909.[3] It is co-located with the Kingston Presbyterian Church, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.
Kingston Presbyterian Church Cemetery | |
Beaty Family Plot, June 2010 | |
Location | 800 Third Ave., Conway, South Carolina |
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Coordinates | 33°50′10″N 79°02′42″W / 33.83611°N 79.04500°W |
Area | 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) |
Built | c. 1737 |
Architectural style | Victorian Gravestone Art |
MPS | Conway MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 86002229[1] |
Added to NRHP | August 05, 1986 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]
Gallery
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Clara and Mary Beaty Table Tomb
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Kingston Presbyterian Church Cemetery" (PDF). South Carolina Inventory Form for Historic Districts and Individual Properties in a Multiple Property Submission. June 25, 1986. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
- ^ "South Carolina Department of Archives and History". National Register Properties in South Carolina: Kingston Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Horry County (507 Main St., Conway), including six photos. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. 2010-06-19.
External links
edit- Kingston Presbyterian Church Cemetery at Find a Grave
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kingston Cemetery
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kingston Presbyterian Church
- National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form: Kingston Presbyterian Church Cemetery, June 1986
- Kingston Presbyterian Church Cemetery – Conway, South Carolina – U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com