Ebenezer Methodist Church on Due West Highway is a deeply historic site, a living symbol of early Methodist expansion in South Carolina. Its 1909 sanctuary carries forward a legacy of circuit-rider heritage, revivalism, and community education. The adjoining cemetery adds layers of local genealogy and Revolutionary War-era history.

• Address: 3310 Due West Highway (SC 185), roughly 200 yd W of the intersection with SC 413, southeast Anderson County.
• Coordinates: ~34° 23.95′ N, 82° 33.45′ W Earliest Roots: Established c. 1788–1800, it stands as the first Methodist congregation in Anderson County, originally meeting in brush arbours and simple log structures.

• Circuit Riders & Notables:
  • Rev. R. L. Kennon, the first pastor, later helped start Methodism in Alabama.
  • Bishop Francis Asbury preached here c. 1805, drawing worshippers from miles around.
  • Lorenzo Dow is said to have stood on a table inside to address a large crowd.

• Construction: The fourth structure on this site, built in 1909 and designed by Joe Hembree, with construction by Dave Scoggins.
• Architecture:
  • One-story, rectangular floor plan; frame construction on brick piers; weatherboard siding; composition shingle gabled roof.
  • Distinctive twin gabled entrance porticos with double doors, four-over-four pane tripartite windows, square posts with matchstick friezes and balustrades.
  • A small gabled addition sits on the rear façade.
  • Historic Cemetery: Features graves ranging from Revolutionary War veterans to modern times; accessed through a brick-and-iron arched entrance marked “est. 1790”.