Neo-Gothic Protestant church featuring distinctive pink stucco architecture, historic stained glass, and one of the oldest continuously active Huguenot congregations in the United States.
General Information
Church Office: Monday to Thursday, 9:00am to 4:00pm
Closed Friday and Saturday except for scheduled services, events, and tours
Donations welcome
How to Get There
From Charleston (0 mi): Travel to the historic downtown district and proceed to the intersection of Church Street and Queen Street, where the church is located at 136 Church Street.
Overview
The French Huguenot Church in Charleston is the oldest Gothic Revival church in South Carolina, built in 1844 and designed by Edward Brickell White. A National Historic Landmark, it serves the only independent Huguenot congregation in the United States, which traces its origins to the 1680s, when French Protestants fled persecution after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. Services still follow 18th-century French liturgy, but are conducted in English.
The stuccoed brick church has narrow buttresses topped by pinnacles, cast-iron crockets over the front windows, and a battlement parapet. Inside, plaster ribbed vaulting and marble tablets bear the names of Huguenot families.
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