St James Episcopal Church, Santee
- Also Known As: Brick Church at Wambaw
- Also Known As: St. James Church,Santee
- Address: Old Georgetown Rd
- Vicinity: 3.7 mi NE of SC 46
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1706/04/00 | A wooden Huguenot church (lost) is built on a brick foundation at James Town, probably between April 1706 and December 1706, where it will serve as the parish church until 11 May 1754. The site is on the south bank of the Santee river, east of US 17A. | |||||
1706/11/30 | The Church Act establishes the Church of England as the official, tax-supported church of Carolina. The status will remain for seven decades. Dividing the province into 10 parishes, it sets aside land for churches, cemeteries, messuages and glebes. | |||||
1707/00/00 | Rev Pierre Robert serves as the first minister of the Hugunot church in James Town (lost). The first Calvinistic minister in South Carolina, he immigrated to Santee in 1686 from Bale, Switzlerland, and died in Santee in 1715. | |||||
1711/12/21 | Daniel Huger, The Immigrant | Died | Daniel Huger dies at age 60 at his Wambaw Plantation (lost), Santee, Province of South Carolina. Mr Huger is buried at Saint James Santee Parish Cemetery in McClellanville, South Carolina. | |||
1714/06/12 | A Chapel of Ease (lost, site at Honey Hill) to the parish church at James Town is erected at Echaw by an act of the General Assembly. Pastor Robert officiates on alternate Sundays at each church. | |||||
1715/00/00 | Claude Phillippee de Richbourg succeeds Pierre Robert serves as pastor at the church in James Town (lost). A Huguenot, he came to Virginia in 1699 as minister of the French Colony at Manakin Town on the James River and died at Santee in 1719. | |||||
1731/00/00 | The General Assembly quits the chapel at Echaw and orders a chapel of ease to be built near the coast and one in the upper the parish. The minister leads services one Sunday in the parish church, the next in the lower chapel and the 3rd week in the upper. | |||||
1768/00/00 | The new St James Episcopal Church in Santee is built of brick. The Georgian style building features a palladian window and pedimented classical porticos on both the north and south sides. | |||||
1840/00/00 | Rev Charles C Pinckney | Vocation | Rev Charles C Pinckney serves as rector of St James Church, Santee and Christ Church, Greenville, 1835-1845. | |||
1890/00/00 | A chapel-of-ease is built in lower St James-Santee Parish. Known as the St James-Santee Episcopal Church, it is located at 205 Oak Street in McClellanville. |
Particulars for St James Episcopal Church, Santee: | |
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Area of Significance | Architecture |
Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
Sight Category | Building |
Area of Significance | Exploration-settlement |
Architectural Style | Georgian Architecture |
Criteria | Historic Event |
Level of Significance | National |
Owner | Private |
Historic Use | Religious Property |
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