St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church is parish of the Episcopal Church in

Aiken, South Carolina Aiken is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Aiken County, in western South Carolina. It is one of the two largest cities of the Central Savannah River Area. Founded in 1835, Aiken was named after William Aiken, the president of the Sout ...

. It is noted for its historic

church Church may refer to: Religion * Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities * Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination * Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship * Chris ...

at Pendleton and Richland Streets. Aiken is a planned community, and land for the church had been set aside in the original plan by the

South Carolina Canal and Railroad Company The South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Company was a railroad in South Carolina that operated independently from 1830 to 1844. One of the first railroads in North America to be chartered and constructed, it provided the first steam-powered, schedul ...

. The cornerstone for the original church was laid September 5, 1842. This building was subsequently renovated and expanded over the years, and additional buildings added to the campus. The church was added to the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 1984.

References

Episcopal churches in South Carolina Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina Churches in Aiken County, South Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Aiken County, South Carolina 19th-century Episcopal church buildings Buildings and structures in Aiken, South Carolina Religious organizations established in 1842 1842 establishments in South Carolina {{SouthCarolina-church-stub