By founding year · 42 churches

Oldest churches in South Carolina

42 of the directory's matches for this index are in South Carolina. The longest-standing churches in the directory, ordered by founding year as recorded in Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Years reflect those public sources.

№ 01

Saint Helena's Episcopal Church

Beaufort, SC Episcopal Est. 1724

№ 02

Bethel United Methodist Church

Charleston, SC United Methodist Est. 1798

Greek Revival architecture

№ 03

Old Bethel United Methodist Church

Charleston, SC Methodist Est. 1798

Greek Revival architecture

№ 04

First-Scots Presbyterian Church

Charleston, SC Evangelical Est. 1814

Neoclassical architecture

№ 05

First Baptist Church High SCHL

Charleston, SC Baptist Churches Est. 1820

Greek Revival architecture

№ 06

First Baptist Church

Charleston, SC Baptist Churches Est. 1820

Greek Revival architecture

№ 07

Saint Mary Catholic Church

Charleston, SC Catholic Est. 1839

ancient Roman architecture · Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston

№ 08

Grace Episcopal Church

Charleston, SC Episcopal Est. 1848

Gothic Revival · Episcopal Church in South Carolina

№ 09

Episcopal Church of the Advent

Spartanburg, SC Episcopal Est. 1851

Gothic Revival · Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina

№ 10

Christ Episcopal Church

Greenville, SC Episcopal Est. 1854

Gothic Revival

№ 11

First Presbyterian Church

Columbia, SC Presbyterian Est. 1854

№ 12

Episcopal Church of the Redeemer

Orangeburg, SC Episcopal Est. 1855

Gothic Revival

№ 13

Citadel Square Baptist Church

Charleston, SC Baptist Churches Est. 1856

Romanesque Revival architecture in the United States

№ 14

Church of the Cross

Bluffton, SC Episcopal Est. 1857

№ 15

Downtown Baptist Church

Greenville, SC Baptist Churches Est. 1858

Greek Revival architecture

№ 16

First Baptist Church Columbia

Columbia, SC Baptist Churches Est. 1859

Greek Revival architecture

№ 17

Ebenezer Lutheran Church

Columbia, SC Lutheran Est. 1870

№ 18

Washington St United Methodist Church

Columbia, SC Methodist Est. 1872

Gothic Revival

№ 19

Saint Matthew's Lutheran Church

Charleston, SC Lutheran Est. 1872

Gothic Revival

№ 20

Saint Paul United Methodist Church

Ninety Six, SC United Methodist Est. 1875

№ 21

Unity Presbyterian Church

Fort Mill, SC Evangelical Est. 1881

Colonial Revival architecture

№ 22

First Presbyterian Church

Greenville, SC Presbyterian Est. 1883

Gothic Revival

№ 23

Central United Methodist Church

Spartanburg, SC Methodist Est. 1886

Gothic Revival

№ 24

Mattoon Presbyterian Church

Greenville, SC Presbyterian Est. 1887

№ 25

Central Baptist Church

Charleston, SC Baptist Churches Est. 1891

Gothic Revival

№ 26

Pendleton Presbyterian Church

Pendleton, SC Presbyterian Est. 1893

Gothic Revival

№ 27

Trinity Cathedral

Columbia, SC Episcopal Est. 1894

Gothic Revival · Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina

№ 28

Clinton Chapel Ame Church

Union, SC African Methodist Episcopal Est. 1894

Gothic Revival

№ 29

Central Baptist Church

Greenville, SC Baptist Churches Est. 1904

Gothic Revival

№ 30

Saint Mary's Catholic Church

Greenville, SC Catholic Est. 1904

Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston

№ 31

Saint Mary Help of Christians

Aiken, SC Catholic Est. 1905

Gothic Revival · Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston

№ 32

Brandon Baptist Church

Greenville, SC Baptist Churches Est. 1906

№ 33

St. John the Baptist

Charleston, SC Catholic Est. 1907

Gothic Revival · Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston

№ 34

Clinton Chapel Ame Zion Church

Kershaw, SC African Methodist Episcopal Est. 1909

№ 35

Second Presbyterian Church

Greenville, SC Presbyterian Est. 1909

Gothic Revival

№ 36

First Baptist Church

Darlington, SC Baptist Churches Est. 1912

Colonial Revival architecture

№ 37

Holy Trinity Anglican Church

Greenville, SC Anglican Est. 1914

Gothic Revival

№ 38

Trinity Lutheran Church

Greenville, SC Lutheran Est. 1915

Gothic Revival

№ 39

Third Presbyterian Church

Greenville, SC Presbyterian Est. 1920

№ 40

Allen Temple Ame Church

Greenville, SC African Methodist Episcopal Est. 1930

Neoclassical architecture

№ 41

Reformation Lutheran Church

Columbia, SC Lutheran Est. 1952

postmodern architecture

№ 42

Greek Orthodox Church

Charleston, SC Orthodox Est. 1953

Byzantine Revival architecture

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