Old White Meeting House Ruins and Cemetery is a historic site near Summerville, Dorchester County, South Carolina. The meeting house was built about 1700, burned during the American Revolution in 1781, rebuilt in 1794, then reduced to ruins by the Charleston earthquake of 1886. The extant ruins include portions of each corner – the largest approximately 9’ high – and significant remnants of the foundation of walls. Also on the property is a contributing cemetery.[2][3]
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| Location | South Carolina Highway 642, 0.5 miles southeast of South Carolina Highway 165, near Summerville, South Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 32°57′56″N 80°11′41″W / 32.96556°N 80.19472°W |
| Area | 5.8 acres (2.3 ha) |
| Built | 1700 |
| NRHP reference No. | 97000445[1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 8, 2005 |
The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Power, J. Tracy; Willette W. Fay (January 10, 2005). "Old White Meeting House Ruins and Cemetery" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places – Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved July 5, 2012.
- ^ "Old White Meeting House Ruins and Cemetery, Dorchester County (SC Hwy 642, Summerville vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved July 5, 2012.