This historic place of worship in Charleston, South Carolina is one of the oldest churches in the city, and with its soaring steeple and stunning stained glass windows, also one of the most beautiful. Despite facing the ravages of war and natural disaster throughout the centuries, the architecture of St. Michael's Episcopal Church has been maintained with repeated repairs and restoration.
Built between 1752 and 1761, the towering 186-foot white steeple of this colonial structure served as a lookout and a navigational landmark during military battles, and was a target for the British during the Revolutionary War. Many notable figures are connected to St. Michael’s; signer of the Declaration of Independence Edward Rutledge and signer of the U.S. Constitution Charles Cotesworth Pinckney are buried in the church’s graveyard. The restored cedar pew boxes inside St. Michael’s reflect the traditional English design, and pew box Number 43 was used by George Washington.
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