John's Island Presbyterian Church is a historic
Presbyterian
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church
Church may refer to:
Religion
* Church (building), a place/building for Christian religious activities and praying
* Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination
* Church service, a formalized period of Christian comm ...
located on
Johns Island,
Charleston County, South Carolina
Charleston County is located in the U.S. state of South Carolina along the Atlantic coast. As of the 2020 census, the population was 408,235, making it the third-most populous county in South Carolina (behind Greenville and Richland counti ...
. It was founded in 1719 by Rev Archibald Stobo, a
Church of Scotland
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minister.
It was remodeled in 1792 and extended in 1823. It is a T-shaped, frame
meeting house
A meeting house (also spelled meetinghouse or meeting-house) is a building where religious and sometimes private meetings take place.
Terminology
Nonconformist (Protestantism), Nonconformist Protestant denominations distinguish between a:
* chu ...
-style church sheathed in
clapboard.
It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1975.
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Gallery
Image:Front_Of_JIPC.jpg, Front Door
Image:JIPC_Historical_Marker.jpg, Historical Marker
Image:JIPC_Fellowship_Hall.jpg, Fellowship Hall
See also
*List of the oldest buildings in South Carolina
This article attempts to list the oldest extant buildings surviving in the state of South Carolina in the United States of America, including the oldest houses in South Carolina and any other surviving structures. Some dates are approximate and b ...
References
Presbyterian churches in South Carolina
Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
Churches completed in 1719
Churches in Charleston, South Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Charleston, South Carolina
18th-century Presbyterian church buildings in the United States
1719 establishments in the Thirteen Colonies
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