Gillisonville Baptist Church
{{short description|Historic church in South Carolina, United States}}
{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Gillisonville Baptist Church
| nrhp_type =
| image = Gillisonville_Baptist_Church.jpg
| caption = Gillisonville Baptist Church, June 2012
| location = U.S. 278, Gillisonville, South Carolina
| coordinates = {{coord|32|36|26|N|80|59|52|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = South Carolina#USA
| built = 1838
| architecture = Greek Revival
| added = May 14, 1971
| area = {{convert|9|acre}}
| refnum = 71000786{{NRISref|2009a}}
}}
Gillisonville Baptist Church is a historic Southern Baptist church on U.S. 278 in Gillisonville, Jasper County, South Carolina. It was built in 1838, and is in the Greek Revival style. Notable features include the a portico supported by Doric order columns on pedestals. In February 1865, General William Tecumseh Sherman's troops visited the church and etched "War of 1861-62-63-64. Feb. 1865. This is done by a Yankee Soldier," on the communion silver. The congregation became Gillisonville Baptist Church on November 19, 1885.{{Cite web | last = McCorkle | first = Norman | title = Gillisonville Baptist Church | work = National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory | date = January 22, 1971| url = http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/jasper/S10817727001/S10817727001.pdf | accessdate = 22 July 2012}}{{Cite web | title = Gillisonville Baptist Church, Jasper County (U.S. Hwy. 278, Gillisonville) | work = National Register Properties in South Carolina | publisher = South Carolina Department of Archives and History | url = http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/jasper/S10817727001/index.htm | accessdate = 22 July 2012}}
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
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{{National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina}}
Category:Baptist churches in South Carolina
Category:Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
Category:Churches completed in 1838
Category:19th-century Baptist churches in the United States
Category:Buildings and structures in Jasper County, South Carolina
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Jasper County, South Carolina
Category:Southern Baptist Convention churches
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