"This
little village is located at the northeastern end of the marble quarry
area. The mercantile enterprises were largely supported by the workers
in marble. The town lies between several mountains, at the head of Long
Swamp Valley--a region of great natural beauty.
The first
Catholic Church ever built in Pickens County was located here, when a
number of marble-cutters of that faith came into the Valley to do some
work for the old Piedmont marble Company. They erected and dedicated
this church and worshipped in it for a time, but when their jobs were
done and they returned to their former homes the church went into decay.
Now it would be hard to pick out the exact spot on which it was
located."
...from the History of Pickens County by Luke E. Tate -- 1935
Tableau of carved marble decorates a retaining wall at the Marble Hill Baptist Church.
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