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F . ST. MARY 'S EPISCOPALIAN CHAPEL <br /> nw/o intersection St. Mary 's Rd . CSR1002] and Schley <br /> Rd . CSR15733 <br /> org: 1759 bldg: 1859 <br /> tmr: 5 . 10 . .39 <br /> cem: about 500 ft. s/a chapel , along St. Mary 's Rd . See <br /> seperate entry under cemeteries . <br /> National Register site. Established 1759 as <br /> Anglican church . Admitted to Episcopal Convention <br /> in 1819 . Church discontinued due to declining <br /> membership in early 1930 ' s, although homecomings <br /> were reported as still occurring every August in <br /> 1953 record of Orange County history . Chapel is <br /> currently part of St . Mary 's School complex . <br /> Building is simple brick with pier buttresses and a <br /> high open ceiling supported by blackened hand-hewn <br /> beams . Style is Gothic Revival . <br /> G . EBENEZER BAPTIST CHURCH <br /> nw corner Pleasant Green Rd . [SR1567] 8 Ebenezer Church <br /> Rd . [SR1572] <br /> org: 1896 bldg: 1951 <br /> tmr: 5 . 16 . .5 <br /> cem: adjacent on north side <br /> H . PLEASANT GREEN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH <br /> w/s Pleasant Green Rd . CSR15673 at Pleasant Green <br /> Community Center Rd . CSR15713 <br /> org: 1832 bldg: <br /> tmr: 5 .23 . .7 <br /> cem: extensive and well -kept . Some hand etched stones . <br /> Several stones are broken . <br /> Church is hidden from road by large stand of mature <br /> pine. Building has been extensively renovated <br /> (white aluminum siding) . <br /> I . MT. GILEAD BAPTIST CHURCH <br /> e/s Pleasant Green Rd . [SR1567] s/o Mill Rd . CSR1569] <br /> org: pre 1900 bldg: <br /> tmr: 5 .23 . . 30 <br /> cem: behind church . Some plots noted only by stone <br /> outline . Other graves noted only by metal funeral <br /> markers . Legible gravestones date to 1900. <br /> Church is hidden from road by stand of pine. <br /> Currently undergoing renovation . Church is refered <br /> to as Mt . Gilead Colored Missionary Baptist Church <br /> in 1916 documents . <br /> AFB <br />