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Bethel Cultural Arts Center

The former Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, at Sumter and Taylor Streets in midtown Columbia, is being transformed into the new Bethel Cultural Arts Center, which will be a museum and performing arts center.

Constructed in 1922, the church was designed by John Langford, the first registered black architect in the United States.  

The center will have three levels and seat 600 for performances. The first level will contain a museum and gift shop; the second level the theater, and the third level the Bell Tower Sanctuary.

All photos by     ©2001-2008, Solar Systems, 701 Gervais St. #150-300, Columbia SC 29201

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