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Old Bethel United Methodist Church

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Area
  
less than one acre

NRHP Reference #
  
75001693

Phone
  
+1 843-722-3470

Built
  
18th century, 1854

Opened
  
1854

Added to NRHP
  
21 April 1975

Old Bethel United Methodist Church

Location
  
222 Calhoun St., Charleston, South Carolina

Address
  
222 Calhoun St, Charleston, SC 29401, USA

Architectural style
  
Greek Revival architecture

Similar
  
St Andrew's Episcopal, Charleston Library Society, South Carolina Historical, South Carolina Aquarium

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Old Bethel United Methodist Church is located at 222 Calhoun St., Charleston, South Carolina. The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

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The building was originally built at 55 Pitt St. at the corner with Calhoun St. in 1797-1798 for the Bethel Methodist Church congregation. After the congregation finished a new Greek Revival building in the mid-19th century, its existing building from 1797 was no longer needed. The 1797 building was moved to the current location in April 1882 after having been given to the black members of a nearby congregation.

The building was originally a plan meeting house with a simple rectangular plan. The portico with its four fluted columns was added after the building was moved to its present site. The columns have modified Corinthian-type capitals. The galleried interior is plainly finished.

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References

Old Bethel United Methodist Church Wikipedia