Edisto Island Presbyterian Church, Presbyterian church building on Edisto Island, South Carolina.
Edisto Island Presbyterian Church is a white clapboard building with a gabled portico of four columns on its front. Its long side holds five tall arched windows below four small rectangular ones, with an arched-fanlight door at the right end. A square tower rises behind the portico, topped by an octagonal belfry with arched openings and a domed cupola with a cross.
The congregation was founded in 1685, and the present church was built in 1831. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 24, 1971, and the congregation belongs to the Presbyterian Church (USA).
The congregation was founded in 1685 and joined the Presbyterian Church (USA); the present building dates from 1831. The burying ground lies next to the church, and the site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 24, 1971.
The cemetery grounds are open for visitors to walk through and examine the older tombstones, though some weathering has occurred. Your best viewing happens on clear days when natural light helps reveal the carvings and inscriptions on the stones.
The burying ground lies beside the church, not beneath it, and holds graves of island families; the building itself was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 24, 1971. The congregation, founded in 1685, still belongs to the Presbyterian Church (USA).
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