St. James' Church, Goose Creek
Historic church in South Carolina, United States in Goose Creek, South Carolina. Built 1710. Added to the National Register in 1970, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
St. James' Church, Goose Creek, also known as the Goose Creek Church, is an Episcopal church at 100 Vestry Lane in Goose Creek, South Carolina. Built in the 1710s, it is one of South Carolina's oldest surviving buildings, and one of a small number of surviving early Georgian chapels in the nation. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1970.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | S of Goose Creek, Goose Creek vicinity, SC |
| County | Berkeley County |
| Listed | Apr 15, 1970 |
| Reference number | 70000566 |
| Built | 1710 |
| Type of place | church building |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 buildings |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | S of Goose Creek, Goose Creek, SC |
| Coordinates | 32.97551, -80.02941 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Charles Pinckney National Historic Site · 15 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Buck Hall Recreation Area 27 mi |
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Sources
Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 70000566. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.