Charleston, South Carolina
Springfield Baptist Church
The Springfield Baptist Church is one of the first, if not the oldest, remaining freely organized Black Baptist churches in the area. The Springfield Baptist Church was established as St. Andrew's Bap...
Springfield Baptist ChurchSecond Presbyterian Church - Charleston
This building is the oldest edifice of this faith in the historic section of Charleston. Built in 1809 by James and John Gordon and dedicated on April 3, 1811, the sanctuary was so immense it was sai...
Second Presbyterian Church - CharlestonSt. Matthew's Lutheran Church
The second Lutheran congregation organized in Charleston in 1840, primarily for German speaking settlers. The present Gothic building, with its 297-foot steeple, was erected in 1872 and was rebuilt f...
St. Matthew's Lutheran ChurchMt. Zion AME Church
The first brick church building owned by African Americans in Charleston was purchased in 1882 by members of Emanuel AME Church to alleviate its overcrowded conditions. The 54th & 55th Massachusetts...
Mt. Zion AME ChurchSt. Johannes Lutheran Church
Built in 1841, this church is known for its simplistic beauty and stained glass. It's been called an architectural gem in the heart of Ansonborough. Johannes is located in the historic Ansonborough ...
St. Johannes Lutheran ChurchGrace Episcopal Church
By the mid-19th century, the Anglican Church in South Carolina had evolved into a strong Episcopal Diocese. By 1846, with four Episcopal churches in the city, the growth of the population and strong r...
Grace Episcopal ChurchSt. Mary's Roman Catholic Church & Graveyard
It was established in 1789, the oldest Roman Catholic church in South Carolina. Also it is the mother church of the dioceses of South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia. The church ceiling was hand-...
St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church & GraveyardFrench Huguenot Church
The French Protestant Church of Charleston was founded in approximately 1681 by Huguenot refugees from the Protestant persecutions in France. About 450 Huguenots had settled in South Carolina's Low Co...
French Huguenot ChurchFirst (Scots) Presbyterian Church
Founded by Caledonian immigrants in 1731. The first congregation was made up of 12 Scottish families who left the Independent Church of Charles Towne in 1731. The present church, built in 1813, featur...
First (Scots) Presbyterian ChurchEmanuel Ame Church
This brick Gothic Revival-style church with its tall steeple replaced an earlier 1872 church badly damaged by the 1886 earthquake. Built in 1891, it retains its original alter, communion rail, pews, a...
Emanuel Ame ChurchCentral Baptist Church
Thought to be one of the first churches founded and built solely by African Americans in Charleston, Central was designed by black architect John P. Hutchinson and completed in 1893. The church is an...
Central Baptist ChurchOld Bethel United Methodist Church
Old Bethel is the third oldest church building surviving in Charleston. Built 1797-1807 at the corner of Pitt and Calhoun Streets, the church was constructed in the gabled meetinghouse style with whit...
Old Bethel United Methodist ChurchBethel United Methodist Church
Charleston's first Methodist congregation purchased this parcel of land in 1795 and erected the church here in 1797. Black and white congregations worshiped here until 1851, when a larger Greek Reviva...
Bethel United Methodist ChurchSt. Michael's Episcopal Church
In 1751 St. Michael’s Parish was created and the cornerstone laid for the new church the next year opening in 1761. The church is the oldest in Charleston and has remained essentially unchanged over t...
St. Michael's Episcopal ChurchCircular Congregation Church & Cemetery
Built about 1806, this small Greek Revival temple with graceful twin stairways and notable wrought-iron railings is a good example of Robert Mills' ability to design a temple-style building that is st...
Circular Congregation Church & CemeteryFirst Baptist Church
First Baptist Church originated in Kittery, Maine, in 1682. Under the leadership of William Screven, the church moved to Charleston in 1696. An earlier meeting house (c. 1701) was replaced by the pres...
First Baptist ChurchSt. John's Lutheran Church
St. John's Lutheran Church, established in 1742, is the "mother church" of Lutheranism in South Carolina. Located in Charleston's Historic District, the present church edifice's Greek-Revival style w...
St. John's Lutheran ChurchUnitarian Church
The building, begun in 1722 and interrupted by the Revolution, was completed in 1787. In 1852, the building was remodeled with plans by Francis D. Lee that were inspired by the Chapel of Henry VII in...
Unitarian ChurchOld St. Andrew's Parish Church
Established in 1706 and the oldest surviving church in the Carolinas. The parish church of the Bull and Drayton families, its rural location near the Ashley River plantations has kept the church in r...
Old St. Andrew's Parish ChurchSt. Philip's Episcopal Church
Established in 1670, this "mother church" of the Province originally stood on the site where St. Michael's stands today. The present building (c. 1835-1838) saw its bells converted into cannons during...
St. Philip's Episcopal ChurchChurch Street Inn
Located near Dock Street Theatre, Lowcountry Legends Music Hall and other attractions; Convenient access to Charleston's finest old homes and gardens....
Church Street Inn