Strawberry Chapel | |
.jpg) Strawberry Chapel | |
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| Location | Berkeley County, South Carolina |
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| Nearest city | Goose Creek / Moncks Corner |
| Coordinates | 33°5′36″N 79°56′7″W / 33.09333°N 79.93528°W |
| Built | 1707 (Childsbury) 1725 (Chapel) |
| NRHP reference No. | 72001194[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 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.
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "33° 5′ 36" N, 79° 56′ 7" W". Google Maps. Google Maps. Retrieved May 10, 2009.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.