Huguenot Church, Charleston

Name: Huguenot Church
Address: 136 Church St, Charleston, 29401-2802, United States
Telephone: +1 843-722-4385

#30 among attractions in Charleston

Gothic Revival architecture, Church

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The Huguenot Church, also called the French Huguenot Church or the French Protestant Church, is a Gothic Revival church located at 136 Church Street in Charleston, South Carolina. Built in 1844 and designed by architect Edward Brickell White, it is the oldest Gothic Revival church in South Carolina, and has been designated a National Historic Landmark and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The congregation it serves traces its origins to the 1680s, and is the only independent Huguenot church in the United States. ()

Alternative names: Architectural style: Gothic revivalCoordinates: 32°46'43"N, 79°55'47"W

Address

136 Church StDowntown CharlestonCharleston 29401-2802 United States

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+1 843-722-4385

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Huguenot Church – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Circular Congregational Church, TD Arena, St. Philip's Church, City Market.

~340 ftNW
Church
Circular Congregational Church, Charleston
2 min walk • The Circular Congregational Church is a historic church building at 150 Meeting Street in Charleston, South Carolina, used by a congregation established in 1681.
0.6 miNW
Sport venue, Sport, Arenas and stadiums
TD Arena, Charleston
15 min walk • TD Arena is a 5,100 seat multi-purpose arena in Charleston, South Carolina, United States that opened in 2008 and replaced John Kresse Arena as the home of the College of Charleston Cougars basketball and volleyball teams.
~270 ftNE
Church, Sacred and religious sites, Cemetery
St. Philip's Church, Charleston
2 min walk • St. Philip's Church is an historic church at 142 Church Street in Charleston, South Carolina. Its National Historic Landmark description states: "Built in 1836, this stuccoed brick church features an imposing tower designed in the Wren-Gibbs tradition.
~820 ftNW
Museum, History museum, Greek Revival architecture
City Market, Charleston
4 min walk • The City Market is a historic market complex in downtown Charleston, South Carolina. Established in the 1790s, the market stretches for four city blocks from the architecturally-significant Market Hall, which faces Meeting Street, through a continuous series of one-story market sheds, the last of which terminates at East Bay Street.
~190 ftS
Theater, Concerts and shows
Dock Street Theatre, Charleston
1 min walk • The Dock Street Theatre is a theater in the historic French Quarter neighborhood of downtown Charleston, South Carolina.
~910 ftS
Church, Sacred and religious sites, Georgian architecture
St. Michael's Episcopal Church, Charleston
5 min walk • St. Michael's Episcopal Church is a historic church and the oldest surviving religious structure in Charleston, South Carolina. It is located at Broad and Meeting streets on one of the Four Corners of Law, and represents ecclesiastical law. It was built in the 1750s by order of the South Carolina Assembly.
~340 ftN
Museum, Historical place
Powder Magazine, Charleston
2 min walk • The Powder Magazine is a gunpowder magazine and museum at 79 Cumberland Street in Charleston, South Carolina, USA. Completed in 1713, it is the oldest surviving public building in the former Province of Carolina.
~610 ftW
Museum, Art museum
Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston
3 min walk • The Gibbes Museum of Art, formerly known as the Gibbes Art Gallery, is an art museum in Charleston, South Carolina. Established as the Carolina Art Association in 1858, the museum moved into a new Beaux Arts building at 135 Meeting Street, in the Charleston Historic District, in 1905.
~600 ftSW
Park, Garden
Washington Square, Charleston
3 min walk • Washington Square is a park in downtown Charleston, South Carolina. It is located behind City Hall at the corner of Meeting Street and Broad Street in the Charleston Historic District. The planting beds and red brick walks were installed in April 1881.
~1060 ftSE
32°46'37"N • 79°55'37"W
The Old Exchange and Provost Dungeon, Charleston
6 min walk • Museum, History museum, Historical place
~480 ftS
Museum, History museum
Old Slave Mart, Charleston
3 min walk • The Old Slave Mart is a building located at 6 Chalmers Street in Charleston, South Carolina that once housed an antebellum slave auction gallery. Constructed in 1859, the building is believed to be the last extant slave auction facility in South Carolina.

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Nearby attractions include Thomas Elfe House, Charleston (1 min walk), Dock Street Theatre, Charleston (1 min walk), St. Philip's Church, Charleston (2 min walk), Circular Congregational Church, Charleston (2 min walk).

Huguenot Church, Charleston

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Huguenot Church – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

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