Strawberry Chapel and Childsbury Town Site

Strawberry Chapel
Strawberry Chapel
Strawberry Chapel and Childsbury Town Site is located in South Carolina
Strawberry Chapel and Childsbury Town Site
Strawberry Chapel and Childsbury Town Site is located in the United States
Strawberry Chapel and Childsbury Town Site
LocationBerkeley County, South Carolina
Nearest cityGoose Creek / Moncks Corner
Coordinates33°5′36″N 79°56′7″W / 33.09333°N 79.93528°W / 33.09333; -79.93528
Built1707 (Childsbury)
1725 (Chapel)
NRHP reference No.72001194[1]
Added to NRHPApril 26, 1972

Strawberry Chapel is a parochial chapel of ease in the lower part of St. John's, Berkeley Parish in Berkeley County, South Carolina that was built in 1725. It is on Strawberry Chapel Road between South Carolina State Highway 8-44 and the West Branch of the Cooper River.[2] Bordering Strawberry's property is the South Carolina State owned historic site of the "Town of Childsbury." It was a planned community that was settled in 1707. The town no longer exists. They were named to the National Register of Historic Places on April 26, 1972.[1][3][4] Strawberry Chapel, graveyard and lands are private property and only open to the public on special occasions and annual church services.

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "33° 5′ 36" N, 79° 56′ 7" W". Google Maps. Google Maps. Retrieved May 10, 2009.
  3. ^ "Strawberry Chapel and Childsbury Town, Berkeley County (S.C. Sec. Rd. 44, Mount Holly vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved May 10, 2009.
  4. ^ Bull, Elias B. (December 28, 1970). "Strawberry Chapel and Site of Town of Childsbury" (PDF). National Register of History Places Inventory - Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved May 9, 2009.