This sanctuary, built 1824 as St. Luke's
Episcopal Church, housed an active
Episcopal congregation until just before
the Civil War. It was sold to the
trustees of St. Luke's Methodist
Church in 1875 and served that
congregation since. St. . . . — — Map (db m19645) HM
Early A.M.E. Missionaries to South Carolina, Rev. James H.A. Johnson and Rev. James A. Handy, arrived at Hilton Head on the Steamship Arago at 3:18 p.m. Friday, May 12, 1865.
Rev. James Lynch, also an A.M.E. Missionary, shared entertainment . . . — — Map (db m104498) HM
Oldest Baptist church on Hilton Head Island
Organized August 17, 1862
in the town of Mitchelville
with 120 members
Building was moved to present location
later and rebuilt in 1966
Rededicated October 30, 1988
Rev. C.W. Aiken, Pastor . . . — — Map (db m104497) HM
This church, organized in 1862, was first located in the town of Mitchelville, a freedman’s village established on Hilton Head by the United States Army. Rev. Abraham Murchinson, its first pastor, was a former slave. The congregation numbered . . . — — Map (db m104580) HM
(front)
The congregation of Queen Chapel can trace its roots to May 1865 when A.M.E. missionaries Rev. R.H. Cain, Rev. James H.A. Johnson and James A. Handy arrived on Hilton Head Island. They visited the Freedman’s town of Mitchelville . . . — — Map (db m104583) HM
Religion in Mitchelville
Before Mitchelville was established, African slaves on the island congregated at impromptu religious services under trees. The churches built in Mitchelville were the center of religious, social, political, and . . . — — Map (db m105172) HM
This church, founded in 1886 by former members of First African Baptist Church, is one of the oldest surviving institutions remaining from the town of Mitchelville, a freedmen’s village established here by the United States Army in 1862. The present . . . — — Map (db m44098) HM
A Chapel of St. Luke's Parish,
established May 23, 1767, built of
wood shortly after 1786 under the
direction of Captain John Stoney
and Isaac Fripp, was consecrated
in 1833. Members of the Barksdale,
Baynard, Chaplin, Davant, Fripp,
Kirk, . . . — — Map (db m119648) HM
The Historic
Union Church
of Port Royal
circa 1878
This property has been
listed in the
National Register
of
Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m103787) HM
To St. Helena's Church, Beaufort, S.C. Built about 1740. Made a separate church after the revolution. Burned by forest fire Feb. 22, 1886. — — Map (db m19647) HM
Church of Prince William's Parish
known as
Sheldon
Built Between 1745-1755
Burned By the British Army 1779
Rebuilt 1826
Burned By the Federal Army 1865 — — Map (db m106086) HM
Text from Front Side
Prince William's Parish Church
(Sheldon Church)
These ruins are of Prince William's Parish Church, built ca. 1751-1757 and partially burned during the American Revolution, with its interior and roof rebuilt . . . — — Map (db m106077) HM
Ruins of Old Sheldon Prince William's Parish Church Built 1745-55. Burned 1779 by British. Rebuilt 1826. Burned 1865 by Federal Army. Named for ancestral home of the Bull family in Warwickshire, England. ——— Annual Services . . . — — Map (db m26366) HM
William Bull
of Sheldon
Born 1683 Son of Stephen Bull,
the Immigrant
Member Colonial House of Commons
1706 - 1719
Colonel of Berkeley County Regiment
Tuscarora and Yemassee Wars.
Lord's Proprietors Deputy 1719.
Member and President . . . — — Map (db m106135)
The Parish of St. Thomas was established by Act of Assembly Nov. 30, 1706. The first church was erected in 1708 and destroyed by forest fire in 1815. The present ediface was erected in 1819. — — Map (db m23368) HM
Chapel of Ease to St. John's (Biggin Church), built about 1725 on land bequeathed by James Child, founder at this place, of the Town of Childbury. Strawberry Ferry was established here by Act of Assembly in 1705. — — Map (db m234406) HM
The Parish of St. James was founded by Act of Assembly in 1706. The present edifice was begun in 1714, and completed in 1719. The Royal Arms of Great Britain can still be seen over the chancel, and here is preserved the Izard Hatchment, said to be . . . — — Map (db m39091) HM
Marker Front:
St. James, Goose Creek was one of the first Anglican parishes in the lowcountry, created by the Church Act of 1706. The first church here , built in 1707, was a frame building. This Georgian brick church, covered in stucco, . . . — — Map (db m29495) HM
Bowen's Corner, an African-American farming community from the mid-19th century through the late-20th century, was originally part of a rice plantation established along Goose Creek in 1680. That tract was granted by the Lords Proprietors to Barnard . . . — — Map (db m29500) HM
One quarter mile north, the first Church of England ediface outside of Charleston, was erected of Cypress in 1703, largely through the efforts of Gov. Sir Nathaniel Johnson. The present brick structure was erected in 1763. The Parish of St. Thomas, . . . — — Map (db m24463) HM
(Marker Front) This church grew out of services held as early as 1811, at first in a brush arbor and later at a campground nearby. Ministers riding the Cooper River and Berkeley circuits served this congregation for many years. The first . . . — — Map (db m29335) HM
Parish Church of St. John's Berkeley, founded by Act of Assembly November 30, 1706. Church erected in 1712. Burned by forest fire in 1775 and restored. Burned by Col. Coates of the British Army in 1781 and again restored. Burned again by forest fire . . . — — Map (db m23453) HM
Marker Front:
St. James, Goose Creek Chapel of Ease
One of two chapels of ease for St. James, Goose Creek Parish stood here on the road to Moncks Corner, about 7 miles from the 1719 parish church. The chapel of ease was a brick building . . . — — Map (db m26255) HM
(Front text) This church, one of the oldest Methodist organizations in Berkeley County, was formally
organized about 1825. Circuit riders had preached in the area for more than forty years, and services held under a
brush arbor here . . . — — Map (db m55867) HM
This baptist Church, constituted 1851, constructed the present building here in 1881 on land donated by A.D. Hare, a church trustee. — — Map (db m23900) HM
According to tradition, Methodists worshiped here under a brush arbor as early as 1800. On August 2, 1814, Phillip Keller deeded one acre for a Methodist Church and burying ground. Eden and Rebecca Green Thrower deeded an additional acre in 1839. A . . . — — Map (db m29703) HM
St. Stephen’s, built 1767-69, is a fine example of the rural churches built in the S.C. lowcountry before the Revolution. “The Church is one of the handsomest Country Churches in So. Ca. and would be no mean ornament in Charleston,” the Rev. . . . — — Map (db m29329) HM
Bishop Francis Asbury stopped in this region in 1801 and 1803. About 1811, a congregation was organized and by 1815 Jericho Meeting House was standing on land given by Jacob Felkel. The present building there was apparently erected before 1850. A . . . — — Map (db m26875) HM
This is the original site of Mt. Lebanon Lutheran Church, organized January 13, 1844, as an extension of the St. Matthew's Church, Creston. Later, Mt. Lebanon Church moved to Cameron about 2 miles NW, dedicated its new building in 1917, and was . . . — — Map (db m27239) HM
Shady Grove Methodist Church was an outgrowth of Tabernacle Church, the parent Methodist body of this area. It was built in the early 1800s on land of Adam Holman, has a framework of hewn logs held together with wooden pegs, and has been . . . — — Map (db m26201) HM
In 1737-38, the elder Rev. John U. Giessendanner
from Orangeburg began Lutheran work in this
area; this was continued by his nephew until 1749.
By the 1760s, St. Matthew's Lutheran Church near
here was in use. A later building erected at . . . — — Map (db m26240) HM
St. Matthew's Parish was established by the S.C. Colonial Assembly between 1765 and 1768. The first of four church buildings was erected in Amelia Township c. 1765. The parish church was incorporated by the S.C. General Assembly in 1788 as the . . . — — Map (db m237357) HM
Sandy Run Church
This Lutheran church, one of the oldest in the state, is thought to have been organized ca.1765. By 1774, the Rev. Lewis Hochheimer was minister here. The church was incorporated in 1788 as "The German Lutheran Church of Salem, . . . — — Map (db m28827) HM
Lutheran and Reformed (Calvinistic)
Congregations were worshiping in
a church three miles north of this
site prior to the year 1751. The
church was incorporated in
1788 under the name German
Lutheran Church of Salem on
Sandy Run but later . . . — — Map (db m28386) HM
(side 1)
In 1841, St. Matthews Lutheran Church (5 mi. W) directed Rev. J.P. Margart to begin holding services in the nearby Pine Grove community. On September 27, 1847, congregants
formally organized as Pine Grove Lutheran Church. They . . . — — Map (db m220281) HM
The first church built by African Americans at Fort Motte grew out of services held by slaves at nearby Bellville, Goshen, Lang Syne, and Oakland plantations. It was formally organized in 1867 by Caleb Bartley, Israel Cheeseborough, Cudjo . . . — — Map (db m26789) HM
Congregationalists from New England
built a church near here around 1700.
Troops from both sides camped on the
grounds during the American Revolution.
Burned by the British in 1782, it was
rebuilt in 1786.
The building was abandoned . . . — — Map (db m16308) HM
This Stone marks the spot where the Wappetow Independent Congregational Church stood. This church was planted here in 1696 by a colony of 52 who came from New England and landed at Seewee Bay. — — Map (db m206024) HM
Founded 1750
The Cradle of Reformed Judaism
In The United States, 1824
Jews who settled in Charleston as early as
1695 worshipped informally until the founding
of this congregation in 1750. First synagogue
on this site, 1780-1792, was a . . . — — Map (db m52396) HM
Has Been Designated A
National
Historic Landmark
This Site Possesses National Significance
in Commemorating the History of the
United States of America
1980
Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service . . . — — Map (db m52964) HM
This Georgian-era dwelling was constructed as the parsonage for St. Michael's Church by master builders Martin Miller & John Fullerton, one of the earliest known partnerships of house builders in colonial Charleston. Reverend Robert Cooper, the . . . — — Map (db m242804) HM
St. Andrew's Parish Church was one of ten Anglican churches established in S.C. by the Church Act of 1706.
The church was built in 1706, expanded in 1723, and restored in 1764 after a fire. It is the only extant colonial cruciform church in . . . — — Map (db m242802) HM
The Roman Catholic Church
of
St. Mary's Charleston
Established 1789
Incorporated February 19, 1791
The first Roman Catholic Church in
South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia.
This is the third structure on this site.
The . . . — — Map (db m53004) HM
Founded 1818 by the Reverend Morris Brown
Closed by State Law 1834. Reopened By The Reverend R.H. Cain 1865
Present Edifice Built By The Reverend L.R. Nichols 1891
Redecoration By The Reverend F.R. Veal 1949
The Right Reverend F.M. Reid, . . . — — Map (db m219129) HM
Bicentennal
Historical Marker
Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church
Charleston, South Carolina
Commemorating the unique ministry of South Carolina born bishops, elected in the first century of the
Connection- . . . — — Map (db m52010) HM
The oldest African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) church in the south, Emanuel A.M.E. Church was organized as
Hampstead Free African church in 1818 by Rev. Morris Brown. After seceding from the Methodist Church,
Charlestonians organized three . . . — — Map (db m51900) HM
November 18, 1866 Bishop Patrick N. Lynch purchased a Jewish synagogue at 34 Wentworth Street and its adjacent property to establish a church for African American Catholics and approximately two years later he dedicated St. Peter's Catholic Church. . . . — — Map (db m31846) HM
1822 Organized as a place of worship for those
could not afford to rent pews in existing churches.
1824 Church built on Guingard St. as the first "free"
Church of the Episcopal Church in the United States. . . . — — Map (db m170910) HM
Moses C. Levy, a Polish born King Street merchant, built this valuable Federal style single house between 1811 and 1816. The house is located on land originally owned by Henry Laurens, one of the wealthiest merchants in the United States and . . . — — Map (db m51808) HM
Trinity Methodist Church Original Site
The first Trinity Church building was erected on this site in 1792. By 1813, Trinity had joined the S. C. Conference, and in 1874 it merged with Cumberland Church, the oldest Methodist church in . . . — — Map (db m31850) HM
Calvary Church was founded in 1847 to establish a special church for slaves in the Charleston community. Father Paul Trapier held services in March 1848 for the congregation in the basement of St. Philip's parsonage and in mid-July services were . . . — — Map (db m50924) HM
This church, located on Beaufain Street for 91 years, was organized in 1847 to give free blacks and slaves in
antebellum Charleston a separate Episcopal congregation of their own. The Rev. Paul Trapier was its first minister,
and the church . . . — — Map (db m50686) HM
Colonel William Rhett, born in London in 1666,
arrived at Charles Towne in 1694.
In 1712 he built and lived at 54 Hasell Street,
thought to be Charleston's oldest dwelling.
A capable military man and sea Captain,
he was commissioned a . . . — — Map (db m47931) HM
Commemorating
Francis Salvador
1747-1776
First Jew in South Carolina to hold public office and to die for American Independence
He came to Charles Town from his native London in 1773 to develop extensive family landholdings in the . . . — — Map (db m27489) HM
This site was the home of the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer. In 1745, Chief Justice of South Carolina Charles Pinckney purchased the property known as Collenton Square. In 1853 Miss Pinckney donated property for a chapel to be built where . . . — — Map (db m19177) HM
The
French Protestant Church
Huguenot
Organized about 1861
First church built in 1867
This building
the third on this site
was erected in 1845
[National Historic Landmark Plaque]:
Huguenot Church
has been . . . — — Map (db m27542) HM
Established in 1785 under the leadership
of Bishop Francis Asbury, the first Methodist
Society in Charleston purchased a lot in
Cumberland Street and erected a church
here in 1786. Long known as the Blue Meeting
House because of its color and . . . — — Map (db m47974) HM
Here in the churchyard of
St. Philip's are buried
Charles Pinckney
(1757-1824)
Signer of the United
States Constitution
and author of the famous
"Pinckney Draught"
Governor of South Carolina
U.S. Senator & Congressman . . . — — Map (db m27541) HM
The brickwork below is thought to be from the second of four buildings to house the church.
Constructed in 1732, it was replaced in 1804 by a Robert Mills designed sanctuary, circular in shape. Said to be the largest domed building in the U.S., it . . . — — Map (db m121855) HM
Bethel
Methodist Church
lot donated by
Thomas Bennett
A.D. 1795
Church dedicated 1798
Moved across street
for use of colored
people and present
church dedicated
Aug. 7, 1853
Parsonage once
occupied by
Bishop Francis Asbury . . . — — Map (db m47663) HM
The cathedral parish was established in 1821 by Bishop John England, the first Bishop of Charleston. The cathedral was named for St. Finbar. A second cathedral church was erected on this site in 1856 under the names of Sts. John and Finbar. This . . . — — Map (db m27465) HM
On this site stood two successive meeting houses and the burial ground of the Society of Friends or Quakers. The site was deeded to the Quakers circa 1681 by South Carolina Governor John Archdale, a prominent Charleston Quaker and owner of a . . . — — Map (db m47876) HM
This land, granted 1680 to John Coming, is part of the glebe given in 1698 to the English Church by Mrs. Affra Coming. The provincial library established in 1698 was in St. Philip’s Church Parsonage which stood on this site until 1858 when a girls’ . . . — — Map (db m141259) HM
This church grew from services held for German inhabitants in Charleston by Rev. Johann Martin Boltzius in 1734 and Rev. Henry Melchior Muhlenberg in 1742. The cornerstone of the first house of worship was laid in 1759; the second and present church . . . — — Map (db m11228) HM
Sixth Bishop of Charleston, S.C.
Born in Beaufort South Carolina
March 6, 1892
Consecrated Bishop of Charleston
September 8, 1927
Installed as Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio
November 9, 1949
Died in Youngstown, Ohio
March 16, . . . — — Map (db m49684) HM
Founded 1787.
Avowedly Unitarian
since 1819
—
One of the oldest
Unitarian Churches
in the United States
and
the oldest one in
the South
O — — Map (db m48237) HM
Unitarian Church has been designated a National Historic Landmark. This site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America. — — Map (db m48160) HM
(Front text) This church, built in 1797 in the meeting-house form, was dedicated in 1798 and completed
in 1809. It is the oldest Methodist church standing in Charleston. Originally at the corner of Pitt and Calhoun
Streets, Bethel . . . — — Map (db m49375) HM
Old Bethel United Methodist Church, the third oldest church building surviving in Charleston, had its beginnings on February 14, 1797 as Bethel Methodist Episcopal Church. Bethel was constructed in the gabled meeting house style with white . . . — — Map (db m50297) HM
Handsome Adam style
single house and gabled
carrage house was
built on Lot 36 of
Grand Model house.
It has been rectory of
St. Philip's Church since
1908. A successful Scot,
Alexander Christie built
the house as his residence
and . . . — — Map (db m47906) HM
One of the Founders of the American Republic
Born February 25, 1746, Charleston
Member of Provincial Assembly 1769
District Attorney General for South Carolina 1773
Member of Provincial Congress 1775
Officer of the Continental Army . . . — — Map (db m47718) HM
Under his direction, Charleston was fortified, thereby making it one of three walled cities in North America, after Quebec, Canada and St. Augustine, Florida. As commander in chief of the armed forces, he successfully defended Charleston against a . . . — — Map (db m39219) HM
Church built in 1835
Destroyed by fire 1861
Merged with Christ Church
Rutledge Ave. and Sumter St.
which was torn down and
new St. Peter's built in 1931
Moved to Miles Drive 1973 — — Map (db m48854) HM
Originally founded by twelve Scottish families, it was familiarly known in its early history as the Scots' Kirk.
The present church replaced an earlier one, which had been enlarged once before the American Revolution and twice afterwards. . . . — — Map (db m39315) HM
Evidence suggests that this house was built after Julius Lilyestrom Lee purchased the property in 1877 for $1,000 from Mary Gadsden and Susan Gibbes, descendants of Joseph Ball. As early as 1879, Lee and business partner Antonio Nielson based their . . . — — Map (db m187608) HM
Erected in the post-Revolutionary
period on a part of the land once
known as Archdale's Square, was
occupied the Charleston branch of
the First Bank of the United States
prior to 1800. Acquired in 1833
by the Hebrew Orphan Society, it . . . — — Map (db m27448) HM
Built in part in 1706, the year the Church of England was established here by law. Enlarged 1723. Burned out and re-built 1764. Scene of early missionary work among the Negroes. — — Map (db m242440) HM
Founded by early English, Scottish, and French settlers about 1710, this is one of the oldest Presbyterian congregations in South Carolina. The original sanctuary, believed to have been built about 1719, was enlarged in 1823. — — Map (db m121854) HM
[Front]
Erected in 1768, this edifice, officially known as Wambaw Church, was situated on the King's Highway. It is the fourth church to serve St. James Santee Parish. The parish, founded in 1706 at the request of French Huguenot . . . — — Map (db m39044) HM
Brickyard Plantation is a portion of the vast Boone Hall Plantation. The soils that cover much of the tract contain dense red clay and sand making it suitable for brick production. In 1817, “a plantation with a Brick Yard established thereon . . . — — Map (db m36681) HM
Foundation Laid in 1707
The first clergyman in 1708
Rev.Edward Marston and Vestry follows
David Maybank and Henry Gill, Wardens
Thomas Barton, William Capers,
Leonard Hickman, John Simes,
Richard Fairchild, John Hale,
and . . . — — Map (db m38865) HM
The Church Act of 1706 created Christ Church Parish. The first church, a wooden structure built in 1707, accidentally burned in 1725. A brick church was erected in 1726, and although the British burned it in 1782 and the interior was destroyed by . . . — — Map (db m38264) HM
(Front text) This church, founded during Reconstruction, has been at the same site since 1890. The first sanctuary serving this congregation was located on Hibben Street and built on a lot leased by the Town of Mount Pleasant in 1877. After . . . — — Map (db m39427) HM
(Front text)
Jacob Bond I'On (1782-1859), planter, U.S. Army and militia officer, and state legislator, is buried in the family cemetery 1/2 mi. north. I'On, a contemporary of John C. Calhoun at Yale University, represented St. James . . . — — Map (db m37964) HM
Erected about 1854 and originally a Congregational Church affiliated with Old Wappetaw Church, founded about 1699. Served as a Confederate hospital during the Civil War, then briefly housed the Laing School for freedmen during Reconstruction. Was . . . — — Map (db m39620) HM
Side A Reverend Andrew Fowler was elected rector of Christ Church in 1828. He bought a village home on Whilden Street where he held services for 40 people from June to Advent to avoid the malaria-plagued sickly season. Services were held at . . . — — Map (db m37819) HM
St. Paul's, Stono St. Paul’s Parish, one of the ten original parishes of colonial S.C., was created by the Church Act of 1706. The first parish church was built in 1708 on a bluff overlooking the Stono River. The parsonage and outbuildings were . . . — — Map (db m39900) HM
1902-1947
This one-story brick structure was built in 1902 by the US Army Corps of Engineers for the storage of torpedoes and equipment used to defend Charleston Harbor by the United States Army.
1950-1953
After the US Army left in 1947, this . . . — — Map (db m225171) HM
On March 22, 1780, British and Hessian troops nearing Charleston were met by Patriot cannon fire near St. Andrew's Parish Church.
They advanced on the church from the opposite side of Church Creek after reports that a Patriot detachment of 150 . . . — — Map (db m242464) HM
Dunton Chapel Methodist Church can trace its origins to 1870 when Rev. J.R. Rosemond began preaching in the home of Milton Hardy. The church was built c. 1878, but has undergone many renovations, including being brick veneered in 1937. Originally . . . — — Map (db m196183) HM
[Lower marker]:
First Baptist Church
Founded 1878
Built 1899
B.P. Robertson, Pastor
[Upper marker]
Corner stone from second auditorium building which was demolished September 1949 to make way for the present building . . . — — Map (db m7554) HM
(Front) This church, the oldest in the Broad River Association, was founded in 1770 and was first called Thicketty Branch Baptist Church. After meeting in a brush arbor and area houses, it built its first permanent church, a log building, . . . — — Map (db m59075) HM
[East Face]:
Erected
to the Memory
of
The Reverend
Thomas Curtis, D.D.
by his affectionate
and
devoted pupils.
[West Face]:
He was born
May 10, 1797 in the town
of Wisbfach England.
And was lost . . . — — Map (db m7281) HM
This African American church, the first in what is now Cherokee County, was most likely built between 1880 and 1890. It served the Whig Hill, Asbury, and Thickety communities of what was Union County before Cherokee County was created in 1897. . . . — — Map (db m19724) HM
Divergent Presbyterian groups held services in this area as early as 1759. Rev. William Richardson, active in the area, is credited with unifying and naming them in 1770. The cemetery contains many graves of Revolutionary and Confederate . . . — — Map (db m13687) HM
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