Christ Church, Church building in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, United States
Christ Church is a rectangular brick Colonial church with a hipped roof, built in 1726 in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. A cupola added in 1786 was replaced in 1835, when the north door became a window and the entrance moved. Wings with a sacristy and rector's office were added in 1961.
Christ Church parish was one of ten established in South Carolina by the British Parliament's Church Act of 1706, and the parish also served as a civil administrative district. A wooden building of 1708 burned in 1725; the present rectangular brick Colonial church with hipped roof dates to 1726. A cupola was added in the 1786 restoration after fire damage by retreating British forces, replaced in 1835, when the north door became a window. Union cavalry of the 21st United States Colored Infantry Regiment stabled horses here near the Civil War's end and gutted the interior; the building was rebuilt by 1874, wings were added in 1961, and it was listed on the National Register in 1972.
Christ Church parish was one of ten created by South Carolina's Church Act of 1706, and the parish also served as a civil administrative district. The building was a voting place until 1865. The congregation left the Episcopal Church in 2012 and joined the Anglican Church in North America in 2017; after a 2022 South Carolina Supreme Court ruling, the ACNA church vacated the property and the Episcopal congregation returned that September.
The church stands on the site of the 1708 wooden building, with the cemetery beside it holding graves from the mid-1700s. The entrance was moved in 1835 when the north door became a window, so look for that blocked doorway on the north wall. The Episcopal congregation returned in September 2022 after the South Carolina Supreme Court ruling.
The parish was one of ten created by South Carolina's Church Act of 1706, and the building also served as a civil administrative district and a voting place until 1865. Near the end of the Civil War, Union cavalry of the 21st United States Colored Infantry Regiment stabled horses inside and gutted the interior.
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