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St. Luke's Church (Pritchardville, South Carolina)

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Built
  
1824

Opened
  
1824

Added to NRHP
  
10 November 1987

NRHP Reference #
  
87001951

Area
  
8,000 m²

St. Luke's Church (Pritchardville, South Carolina)

Architectural style
  
Greek Revival, Georgian

Nearest city
  
Pritchardville, South Carolina

St. Luke's Church (Bull Hill Church; St. Luke's Methodist Church) is a historic church in rural Beaufort County, South Carolina located about four miles north of Pritchardville.

The original Episcopal congregation worshipped about a half mile away in a 1786 building built on land donated by John Bull. In 1824 the present building was constructed on land contributed by John Guerard, on part of what had been Bull Hill Plantation. In 1857, the Church of the Cross was built in nearby Bluffton, and services were discontinued around that time. In 1875, the church was sold to the Methodists, who use it to the present day.

The church is noted for its transitional architecture bridging the Georgian style of earlier South Carolina Episcopal churches and the rising Greek Revival style. It is one of the oldest churches in the state built for Episcopal worship, and one of the few with intact slave galleries.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.

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St. Luke's Church (Pritchardville, South Carolina) Wikipedia