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Strawberry Chapel in Cordesville was originally a parochial chapel of ease built in 1725 to accomodate the townspeople of Childsbury who lived too far away from the original parish church, Biggin Church. A parochial church is given the rites of a…

St. Stephens Church in St. Stephens was started as a set off from St. James Church Santee in 1754. The original structure built on the 4.5 acre parcel of land was made of wood. This rare, small brick eighteenth-century parish church with its uniquely…

The Presbyterian Church on Edisto Island is one of the oldest Presbyterian congregations in South Carolina, established in 1685. The Presbyterian Church on Edisto was created by the Church Act of 1706. The Neoclassic two story rectangular church with…

The first church building constructed on the land was built in 1708, quickly being created after the Church Act of 1706, but was destroyed by a fire in 1725. The original historic church was built in 1726 as a rectangular brick Colonial building with…

St. James Church is Goose Creek was constructed between 1713 and 1719 by English settlers hailing from Barbados. Not only is this one of the oldest surviving structures in South Carolina, but it is one of the oldest Georgian style chapels still…

St. Andrew's Church, or Old St. Andrew's,as it is locally known was another of the ten churches started by the 1706 Church Act. It is the oldest surviving house of worship in South Carolina, and south of Virgina on a whole. It is also the only…

The original church building was completed in 1687 by French Huguenots. In 1706 the church was repurposed by the Church Act as a parish Church of England. Six buildings have been on the land between 1687 and 1890. In 1768 the Wambaw Church or the Old…

Settled before 1725. Benjamin Ruffus Kitteredge is responsible for planting the famous Cypress Gardens after purchasing the property in 1909. The plantation has been open to the public since 1930. Added to the National Register in 1971, removed later…

Hampton Plantation was established in 1735. The main house is one of the earliest known examples in the United States of a temple front in domestic architecture. Located north of McClellanville, South Carolina, this historic plantation is a state…

Fenwick Hall, also known as Fenwick Castle, is a plantation home on Johns Island, South Carolina. The house was built around 1730 by John Fenwick of England. The architecture is Georigan style. Additions were made to the house in 1787 and…