The only independent Huguenot church in the United States. This building was completed 1844. It is located in the French Quarter of Charleston and members have been involved in the founding of the country as well as the US Civil War.
By Charleston standards it’s a small church. It is one of the most interesting and pretty church’s.
The church was in the center of a century long treasure hunt.
At some point during the early 1800’s the church donated silver communal plates / chalice to the Anglican Chapel of Ease in Childress (Strawberry Chapel). When federal troops came through the silver was buried at the Comingtee Plantation, and quickly lost. Many stories and hunts revolved around the silver until it was found in 1948 under the floor boards of the rice mill ruins.
Click for Strawberry Chapel articles on this site.
Beautiful building. An intriguing history 🩶🤍🩷 no doubt there is many a story to be told in and around Charleston and these amazing old sites. I don’t know much about the Huguenots.