Second Presbyterian Church

328 Meeting Street

Organized as an outgrowth of the First (Scots) Presbyterian Church, this congregation attracted a new generation of Scottish merchants who planned an ambitious building, which was then outside of the boundaries of the city.

www.secondpresbyterianchurch.org
(843) 723-9237
secondpresbyterian@earthlink.net

 

Citadel Square Baptist Church

328 Meeting Street

The first spire of this Romanesque Revival style church was toppled by a hurricane in 1885 and the second by Hurricane Hugo in 1989. In 1990, a new steeple was raised which matched the 224-foot height of the first.

www.citadelsquare.org
(843) 577-3707

 

Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church

110 Calhoun Street

Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church is the oldest AME church in the south. It is referred to as "Mother Emanuel". Emanuel has one of the largest and oldest black congregations south of Baltimore, MD.

www.emanuelamechurch.org
(843) 722-2561
gleewj@bellsouth.net

Trinity United Methodist Church

273 Meeting Street

Perhaps the least altered of Charleston’s late-Greek Revival church buildings, this imposing structure presents a monumental Corinthian-columned portico and massive dual flight of stone steps. In 1926, the Trinity Methodist congregation purchased the building from Westminster Presbyterian Church.

www.trinityumccharleston.com

(843) 722-8449

 

Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim

90 Hasell Street

Founded in 1749, this became the first Reform Jewish congregation in the United States in 1841, and is the fourth oldest Jewish congregation in the continental United States. The current sanctuary, c. 1840, is a National Historic Landmark. It has been described as one of the most impressive examples of Greek Revival architecture in America.

www.kkbe.org
(843) 723-1090
office@kkbe.org

Hours of Operation
Docent on duty Mon-Fri 10-12, Sun 10-4
Gift shop open Sun-Fri, 10-4
Closed Saturday and Jewish holidays.

 

St. Mary of the Annunciation

89 Hasell Street

This building is the third church on the site and houses the first Roman Catholic congregation established in the Carolinas and Georgia. The group purchased the site about the time the congregation was incorporated by the South Carolina Legislature in 1791.

www.catholic-doc.org/saintmarys
(843) 722-7696

Circular Congregational Church, U.C.C.

150 Meeting Street

Founded in 1681, Circular Church is one of the oldest continuously worshipping congregations in the Southeast. Today, it has over 300 members and is affiliated with the United Church of Christ.

www.circularchurch.org
(843) 577-6400
circularchurch@bellsouth.net

Hours of Operation
Tours, M-F at 10:30

St. Philip’s Church

142 Church Street

Established in 1680, St. Philip’s is a center of vibrant worship seeking to live out its mission statement of building up the Body for the work of the Gospel. All visitors are welcome.

www.stphilipschurchsc.org
(843) 722-7734

 

French Huguenot Church

140 Church Street

This church was designed by renowned Charleston architect Edward Brickell Wright for the oldest continuously active Huguenot congregation in the United States, organized in 1687. Each year, a service is conducted in French commemorating the Edict of Nantes.

www.frenchhuguenotchurch.org
(843) 722-4385

 

St. Michael’s Church

71 Broad Street

St. Michael’s Church has long been considered one of America’s most sophisticated colonial church buildings. Edward Rutledge, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, signer of the U.S. Constitution, are buried in the graveyard.

www.stmichaelschurch.net
(843) 723-0603
info@stmichaelschurch.net

 

First (Scots) Presbyterian Church

53 Meeting Street

First Scots is one of the oldest ecclesiastical buildings in the city and its churchyard contains over fifty 18th century gravestones. Ties to the Church of Scotland are exemplified by the stained glass window depicting its seal.

www.first-scots.org
(843) 722-8882
info@first-scots.org

 

First Baptist Church

61 Church Street

First Baptist Church, Charleston, the earliest Baptist church in the South was organized on September 25, 1682 in Kittery, Maine, under the sponsorship of the First Baptist Church of Boston. Late in 1696, the pastor William Screven, and 28 members of the Kittery congregation immigrated to Charleston, South Carolina.

www.fbcharleston.org
(843) 722-3896
church@fbcharleston.org