First Baptist Church (Columbia, South Carolina)
First Baptist Church | |
The Boyce Chapel in 2012 | |
| Location | 1306 Hampton St., Columbia, South Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 34°0′19.97″N 81°2′0.03″W / 34.0055472°N 81.0333417°W |
| Built | 1859 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 71000800 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | January 25, 1971 |
| Designated NHL | November 7, 1973 |
The James Petigru Boyce Chapel is a historic church building at 1306 Hampton Street in Columbia, South Carolina. It is a Greek Revival building built in 1859. A convention met here on December 17, 1860, whose delegates voted unanimously for South Carolina to secede from the United States, leading to the American Civil War. It was designated a National Historic Landmark as First Baptist Church, the role it played at the time. The building is part of the facilities complex of the First Baptist Church, Columbia- a Southern Baptist megachurch.