Near Ridgeland in Jasper County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Church of the Holy Trinity

Photographed By Mike Stroud, March 2008

1. Church of the Holy Trinity Marker

Inscription. ((Text front))
This Episcopal church was a chapel of ease in the Parish of St. Luke for a number of years before it became a separate congregation in 1835. It is said that William Heyward gave the church land on which the present building, donated by James Bolan and completed in 1858, is built.

((Text reverse))
This Episcopal church, listed in the National Register of Historic Places, is an outstanding example of Carpenter Gothic church architecture. The wheel window, board and batten sheathing, and buttressed tower are typical features of this style. A pipe organ is located in the gallery where slaves once worshiped.

Erected 1980 by The Congregation. (Marker Number 27-4.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Churches & Religion • Notable Buildings. A significant historical year for this entry is 1835.

Location. 32° 28.258′ N, 80° 57.896′ W. Marker is near Ridgeland, South Carolina, in Jasper County. Marker is at the intersection of State Highway S27-29 and Bees Creek Road (State Highway S27-13), on the left when traveling west on State Highway S27-29. Marker is at the southeast corner of the intersection. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Ridgeland SC 29936, United States of America. Touch for directions.

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marker, measured as the crow flies. Grahamville (a few steps from this marker); Euhaw Baptist Church (approx. 0.2 miles away); Gopher Tortoise Square (approx. 1.3 miles away); Ridgeland (approx. 1.3 miles away); St. Paul's Methodist Church (approx. 1.4 miles away); Jasper County / Jasper County Courthouse (approx. 1½ miles away); Ridgeland Baptist Church (approx. 2.1 miles away); Great Swamp Baptist Church (approx. 3.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Ridgeland.

Regarding Church of the Holy Trinity. National Register of Historic Places:
The Church of the Holy Trinity, constructed ca. 1858, is the third building associated with an Episcopal congregation formed in the early years of the nineteenth century by Grahamville planters. The church is architecturally significant as a notable example of the Carpenter Gothic style. The style developed as a carpenter’s interpretations of the English Gothic Revival architecture of the early nineteenth century, with the masonry designs of the English architects translated into wooden construction. The proportions of the church, the asymmetrical composition, the wheel window, and the buttressed tower are exemplary of the Gothic Revival; the interpretation of these elements in wood, along with board and batten sheathing of the church, are typical

Church of the Holy Trinity Marker, reverse side image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Mike Stroud, March 13, 2008

2. Church of the Holy Trinity Marker, reverse side

of Carpenter Gothic. The three-staged bell tower has an exterior entrance to the stairway leading to the gallery, which was the old slave gallery and which now houses the pipe organ. The interior is especially noteworthy for its hammer-beam timber ceiling, and for its nineteenth century yellow pine furnishings. The church is set in a grove of large live oaks, which were set out in the nineteenth century by the ladies of the congregation. These trees add considerably to the visual appearance of the church. Listed in the National Register March 25, 1982.(South Carolina Department of Archives and History)
Church of the Holy Trinity (added 1982 - - #82003869)
♦ Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering
♦ Architect, builder, or engineer: Unknown
♦ Architectural Style: Gothic Revival, Other
♦ Area of Significance: Architecture
♦ Period of Significance: 1850-1874
♦ Owner: Private
♦ Historic Function: Religion
♦ Historic Sub-function: Religious Structure

Church of the Holy Trinity and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Mike Stroud, March 2008

3. Church of the Holy Trinity and Marker

Church of the Holy Trinity image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Mike Stroud, March 2008

4. Church of the Holy Trinity

Photographed By Mike Stroud, 2010

5. Church of the Holy Trinity

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on March 13, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 2,327 times since then and 32 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on March 13, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 2. submitted on December 3, 2012, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 3, 4. submitted on March 13, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 5. submitted on December 31, 2010, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. • Christopher Busta-Peck was the editor who published this page.