National Historic Landmark · Charleston, South Carolina

St. Michael's Episcopal Church

Historic church in United States in Charleston, South Carolina. Added to the National Register in 1966, and a National Historic Landmark.

US-SC(1891) p789 CHARLESTON, ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH568 Charleston, South Carolina80 Meeting StBroad Street, French Quarter, Charleston, SC (49451693258)
Photos via Wikimedia Commons · 6 in the Commons category

What it is

Wikipedia · St. Michael's Anglican Church (Charleston, South Carolina)

St. Michael's Anglican Church is a historic 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 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.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
Address80 Meeting St., Charleston, SC
CountyCharleston County
ListedOct 15, 1966
Reference number66000704
Type of placechurch building
StyleGeorgian architecture
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark
Contributing resources1 buildings, 1 structures

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

Open to the public
Address80 Meeting St., Charleston, SC
Websitestmichaelschurch.net
Coordinates32.77626, -79.93057 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitFort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park · 4 mi · on Park Atlas
Federal campgrounds nearbyBuck Hall Recreation Area 28 mi
This one you can go inside. Hours and admission change with the season; the website above has the current schedule.

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Why you would stay

Reference

Exists because it is true

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 66000704. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.