A few weeks ago we stopped by The Huguenot Church in Charleston. The door was open for visitors, of course it sucked us in like a magnet.
This is the third building here and was completed in 1845. The first church was opened around 1687 but burned in the late 1790’s, a second replaced it in 1800. In 1845 the current building opened in the same foot print.
The 1800’s were an ‘interesting’ time is Charleston. Repairs and rebuilds have been needed. During the US civil war the church was damaged during the bombardment by the Federal blockade. In 1886 Charleston had a major earthquake, a 7.3 magnitude making it still one of the strongest in US history. The area is on an active fault. In 2022 an area 20 miles outside town had a small quake every day for a month. (That was not in the brochure when we were moving down here)
Services are now in English though there are still a few in French during the year.
Huguenot Church, Church Street, Charleston, South Carolina.
Splendid. Reverent beauty to the place. (did not realize there was a geological fault line in SC…still, this matvel stands).
Charleston has been called the ‘holy city’ due to the large number of old cathedral like churches here. Outside town there are literally hundreds of old small one room churches, centuries old. The fault line has taken a toll, but most are standing. A photographers paradise
Awesome photos and a beautiful church.
Thank you 😁. This is the other subject I love to shoot. A number of years ago we went through France, Netherlands, and Germany shooting the various Cathedrals.