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“A” is for African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. The A.M.E. Zion church is on of the seventh largest black denominations. It had its beginnings in New York in the early 19th century and by the...Explore South Carolina
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AME Zion Church | South Carolina Public Radio
Trinity Episcopal Church in Columbia | History of SC Slide Collection
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Trinity Episcopal Church in Columbia, designed by Edward Brickell White (see The Dock Street Theater And St. Philip's Church), built in 1840-1847, in the English Gothic style of architecture. The...
The Dock Street Theater and St. Philip's Church | History of SC Slide Collection
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The Dock Street Theater and St. Philip's Church, as they appeared in the 1940s. The parish of St. Philip's, founded in the 1680s on what is now the site of St. Michael's, was the first Anglican parish...
Interior of Old Goose Creek Church | History of SC Slide Collection
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Interior of Old Goose Creek Church, showing the British royal arms over the altar. One of the earliest church buildings in South Carolina, its design is said to have been inspired by the stucco...
Lexington County congregation of Pilgrim Lutheran Church | History of SC Slide Collection
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The Lexington County congregation of Pilgrim Lutheran Church, posed outside of their building around 1930. Courtesy of the Lexington County Museum.
St. Luke's Evangelical Lutheran Church | History of SC Slide Collection
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St. Luke's Evangelical Lutheran Church and School in Spartanburg. This African-American church Sunday School group was photographed by the WPA in the 1930s. Courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library.
Vestrymen of the Catholic Congregation Of Georgetown | History of SC Slide Collection
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The vestrymen of the Catholic congregation of Georgetown pose after the dedication of their new mission church, St. Mary of Mercy, on January 5, 1902. The Right Reverend James F. Northrop, Bishop of...
The Cathedral Church of St. John and St. Finbar | History of SC Slide Collection
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The Catholic Church did not enjoy the original toleration that characterized other non-Anglican forms of worship in South Carolina. The first mass was not celebrated in Charleston until 1789. But by...
