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# St. Philip's Church

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## Visit St. Philip's Church

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#### Attend a service with the oldest religious congregation in South Carolina, dating back to the 17th century. George Washington worshipped with this congregation.

Join a worship service or simply visit St. Philip’s Church, the oldest congregation in the United States south of Virginia and part of the Anglican Church in North America. John Wesley, founder of the Methodist movement, preached in the congregation’s earlier structure and George Washington also worshipped there. The church continues to play an important role in Charleston’s spiritual, cultural and civic life. 

The congregation was founded in 1680 by early settlers in the area that would become Charleston. They constructed the first official church building a few blocks from the site of today’s church. It was named St. Philip’s, but commonly called “the English church.” When space ran out, the congregation built a larger Anglo-Palladian-style church at today’s location. The first services here were held on Easter Sunday 1723\. Unfortunately, that church structure succumbed to fire in 1835, so again, the congregation rebuilt and it is in this newest building, a national historic landmark, that worshippers gather today.

In addition to John Wesley, revivalist George Whitfield preached at St. Philip’s Church. One of its early rectors, the Rev. Dr. Robert Smith, served as the founding president of the College of Charleston. Note that the church established the colony’s first hospital and one of its earliest schools.

Visit the cemetery around the church and across Church Street, where you’ll find gravestones of signers of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States, as well as of governors Charles Pinckney and Edward Rutledge. On the church’s exterior, note the octagonal steeple, designed by architect Edward Brickell White in the Wren-Gibbs tradition, as well as three Tuscan porticos.

After admiring St. Philip’s Church or attending a service, have lunch or dinner along East Bay Street and do some sightseeing. Rainbow Row’s pastel-colored historic homes are close by, as well as the Heyward-Washington House and Waterfront Park.

Find St. Philip’s Church on Church Street in Charleston near The Battery. Worship and prayer services are held on Sundays and Wednesdays. The earlier Sunday service is quieter and more contemplative, while the mid-morning service is quite lively.

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1h

9.2/10

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2h

10/10

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£81

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### Popular places to visit

![The Dock Street Theatre is Charleston's last surviving hotel from the antebellum period. The silhouette of its wrought iron balcony against the spire of St. Philip's church may be the single most photographed spot in the city. The main portion of the building was constructed around 1809 as Planter's Hotel. The hotel was built by Alexander Calder and his wife, who did so by renovating several pre-existing buildings at the site. The main entrance may not have been built until 1855 by J.W. Gamble.

The hotel was used extensively by planters from the midlands of South Carolina, who traveled to Charleston during horse-racing season. It was noted for its wonderful food and drinks during this era, and the South's famous Planter's Punch may have originated here. Guests to the hotel passed through the recessed porch with brownstone columns, into the lobby, and up a grand staircase that ascended to a drawing room. While much of the interior has been altered, these elements of the antebellum hotel remain and were adapted in subsequent uses of the building. A series of additions to the hotel throughout the 19th and 20th centuries can be easily identified by differences in brick coloration.

This theater is said to have been the first building built specifically for theatrical performances in America. Planter's Hotel occasionally housed one of the city's theatrical troupes, which performed at the nearby New Theatre during the mid-19th century. The most notable actor of this troupe was Junius Brutus Booth. Booth was the patriarch of an outstanding family of actors, which included John Wilkes Booth, President Lincoln's assassin. Junius Booth, who stayed at the Planter's Hotel, allegedly tried to kill his manager here in 1838. Today the Dock Street Theatre is home to the Charleston Stage Company, South Carolina's largest professional theater production company, and houses the city's Cultural Affairs office as well as The City Gallery, an exhibition space for local artists.](https://images.trvl-media.com/place/179997/14f8620c-8704-4ca7-afac-d8a0645b94d2.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=900&h=506&q=mediumHigh)

#### Dock Street Theater

Enjoy a show at Dock Street Theater, a popular theatre in Charleston. Discover the area's shops or seek out its local tours. 

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#### Pink House Gallery

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#### Old Slave Mart Museum

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#### Circular Congregational Church

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#### Gibbes Museum of Art

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#### Washington Square

Meet, mingle and move in this verdant park in the heart of downtown Charleston, a quiet retreat near several of the city’s top attractions.

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