Old White Meeting House Ruins and Cemetery, Archaeological site and cemetery in Summerville, South Carolina.
The Old White Meeting House Ruins near Summerville, Dorchester County, South Carolina, preserve portions of each corner of the former meeting house, the largest standing about 9 feet high, along with substantial remnants of the wall foundations. A contributing cemetery lies on the same property.
The settlement was established in 1696 by settlers from Dorchester, Massachusetts, with the brick church built in 1700. It burned during the American Revolution in 1781, was rebuilt in 1794, and later suffered damage from an earthquake in 1886 that left only portions standing.
The cemetery is a contributing element of the site listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. Its markers and layout sit beside the meeting house ruins, and the graveyard is part of the same historic property near Summerville.
The site is located roughly half a mile southeast of a major intersection and is reachable by a local access road. Visitors can walk through the grounds freely to explore the scattered ruins and gravestone collection.
The 1886 Charleston earthquake toppled the 1794 meeting house, but the corners survived because they were bonded brickwork; the tallest remaining corner stands about 9 feet high. The site entered the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
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