White House United Methodist Church

Historic church in South Carolina, United States

United States historic place


White House Global Methodist Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


33°27′35″N 80°43′05″W / 33.459763°N 80.718082°W / 33.459763; -80.718082
Area	4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built	1850
Architectural style	Meeting House Style
NRHP reference No.	74001872^[1]
Added to NRHP	May 13, 1974

White House Global Methodist Church, also known as the White Meeting House and White Church, is a historic Global Methodist Church located near Bowman, South Carolina. It was built about 1850, and is a one-story, rectangular frame meeting house style building. It forms one-of three campuses of the Bowman Charge Global Methodist Church in the area, with Ebenezer and Wightman Global Methodist Churches being the other two members. White House Global Methodist houses the oldest Methodist congregation in Orangeburg County, dating back to the late 1780s. Francis Asbury visited the congregation in 1801 and 1803.^[2]^[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.^[1]

On June 11, 2024, the Bowman Charge announced on Facebook its formal departure from the United Methodist Church, and as of July 1, 2024, join the Global Methodist Church.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Brabham, William; Roger Gramling (January 4, 1974). "White House United Methodist Church" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
^ "White House United Methodist Church, Orangeburg County (U.S. Hwy. 301, Orangeburg vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
^ "Bowman Charge GMC". Facebook. Retrieved 2024-08-13.