Liberty Universalist Church and Feasterville Academy Historic District | |
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| Location | South Carolina Highway 215, near Winnsboro, South Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 34°30′13″N 81°21′36″W / 34.50361°N 81.36000°W |
| Area | 8.3 acres (3.4 ha) |
| Built | 1832 |
| MPS | Fairfield County MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 84000612[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 6, 1984 |
Liberty Universalist Church and Feasterville Academy Historic District is a national historic district located near Winnsboro, Fairfield County, South Carolina. The property encompasses four buildings constructed between 1831 and 1845. They are the Liberty Universalist Church and three buildings associated with the Academy: a boarding house, a kitchen, and a school building.[2][3] The buildings were constructed by the Feaster family.
The Feaster family followed the family patriarch Andrew Feaster when he migrated from Lancaster County in eastern Pennsylvania to the Beaver Creek area in Fairfield County, South Carolina. In South Carolina, the Feasters were active in religious activities, first with the German Baptist Brethren and later with the Universalists. When Andrew Feaster died in 1821 his son John became the family patriarch. John Feaster oversaw the construction of the buildings now included in the national historic district.
The construction of the church building in 1831 coincided with the formation of the South Carolina Convention of Universalists in November 1830.[4] The academy buildings were constructed in 1845 as a commercial enterprise to provide educational facilities to area residents. The school has alternately been referred to as an “academy,” “female seminary” and “boarding house.”
The grounds and buildings continue to be used for private yearly family reunions.
The Historic District and related buildings were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Liberty Universalist Church and Feasterville Academy Historic District" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved July 5, 2012.
- ^ "Liberty Universalist Church/Feasterville Academy Historic District, Fairfield County (S.C. Hwy. 215, Clayton vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved July 5, 2012. and accompanying map
- ^ "The South Carolina Convention of Universalists". Evangelical Magazine and Gospel Advocate. Utica, NY: Dolphus Skinner and Aaron B. Grosh. January 8, 1831. Retrieved October 25, 2018.