St. Michael's Episcopal Church (Charleston, South Carolina)

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St. Michael's Episcopal Church
(U.S. National Historic Landmark)
St. Michael's Episcopal Church
St. Michael's Episcopal Church
Location: 80 Meeting St. (at Broad St.),

Charleston, South Carolina
Coordinates: 32°46′33.91″N 79°55′50.74″W / 32.7760861, -79.9307611Coordinates: 32°46′33.91″N 79°55′50.74″W / 32.7760861, -79.9307611
Built/Founded: 1751-1761
Architect: Unknown; Builder, Samuel Cardy
Architectural style(s): Georgian
Designated as NHL: October 09, 1960[1]
Added to NRHP: October 15, 1966[2]
NRHP Reference#: 66000704
Governing body: Private (St. Michael's Episcopal Church)

St. Michael's Episcopal Church is an historic Episcopal church and the oldest surviving religious structure in Charleston, South Carolina. It is located at Broad and Meeting streets on one of the Four Corners of the Law, and represents ecclesiastical law. It was built in the 1750s by order of the South Carolina Assembly. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a National Historic Landmark. It is still an active church in the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina.

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[edit] History

St. Michael's Church was built between 1751 and 1761 at the corner of Broad and Meeting streets on the site of the original wooden church built in 1681 by St. Philip's Church, It had been damaged in a hurricane in 1710 and a new St. Phillip's Church was built a few blocks away on Church Street. In 1727, what was left of the old wooden church was demolished.[3][4]

It is not known who designed St. Michael's, but it shows the influence of St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, designed in the 1720s by James Gibbs. Samuel Cardy was the builder. The walls are of brick that was stuccoed over and painted white. The two-story portico facing Broad Street was the first of its size in colonial America and features Tuscan columns.[5]

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1960,[1][6] and it was included in the first promulgation of the National Register in 1966.[2]

[edit] See also

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[edit] References

  1. ^ a b St. Michael's Episcopal Church. National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved on 2008-03-07.
  2. ^ a b National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
  3. ^ St. Michael's Episcopal Church history
  4. ^ St. Philip's Episcopal Church history
  5. ^ South Carolina Department of Archives and History listing for Saint Michael's Episcopal Church
  6. ^ James Dillon (1978), National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: St. Michael's Episcopal ChurchPDF (32 KB), National Park Service  and Accompanying two photos, exterior, from 1969PDF (32 KB)

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