Grace Church Cathedral

Grace Church Cathedral
Grace Church Cathedral
Grace Church Cathedral is located in South Carolina
Grace Church Cathedral
32°46′54″N 79°56′12″W / 32.78167°N 79.93676°W / 32.78167; -79.93676
Location98 Wentworth St.
Charleston, South Carolina
CountryUnited States
DenominationEpiscopal Church in the United States of America
ChurchmanshipBroad Church
Websitewww.gracechurchcharleston.org
History
Founded1846
Architecture
Architect(s)Edward Brickell White
StyleGothic Revival
Completed1848
Specifications
Number of spiresOne
MaterialsStucco over brick
Bells10
Administration
DioceseSouth Carolina
Clergy
Bishop(s)Rt. Rev. Gladstone B. Adams III
DeanVery Rev. J. Michael A. Wright
Grace Episcopal Church
Part ofCharleston Historic District (ID70000923[1])
Added to NRHPJanuary 30, 1970

Grace Church Cathedral, located in Charleston, South Carolina, is the diocesan cathedral of the Episcopal Church in South Carolina. It is also a contributing property in the Charleston Historic District.[2] The parish was founded as the city's fifth Episcopal Church congregation in 1846.[3] The Gothic Revival church was designed by E.B. White and completed in 1848. The church remained open during the American Civil War until it was hit by a shell in January 1864. It reopened the following year. The church was also severely damaged in an earthquake in August 1886, in a hurricane in 1911, and in Hurricane Hugo in 1989.

It was selected to be the cathedral at the annual diocesan convention in November 2015; the previous diocesan cathedral, the Cathedral of St. Luke and St. Paul, became affiliated with the Anglican Diocese of South Carolina in 2012. Robert Willis, Dean of Canterbury, presented the newly designated cathedral with a Canterbury cross at a special service in April 2016. Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Michael Curry was also present.[4]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Mrs. S. Henry Edmunds. "Charleston Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
  3. ^ "Grace Church's History". Grace Church Cathedral. Archived from the original on May 19, 2016. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
  4. ^ "Celebrating our new cathedral". The Episcopal Church in South Carolina. Archived from the original on May 19, 2016. Retrieved May 16, 2016.