National Register of Historic Places

Prince Frederick's Chapel Ruins

Plantersville, Georgetown County, South Carolina
Listed
August 27, 1974
Type
Site
Period
Listed
Ref No.
74001858

About this property

Prince Frederick's Chapel Ruins is a historic site in Plantersville, South Carolina. The first church on this site, known as Prince Frederick's Chapel, Pee Dee, was built in 1848 on a site donated by the Rev. Hugh Fraser in 1834. Most of the parishioners were rice planters along the Pee Dee River. These ruins are of the second church here, approved by a committee of Robert Francis Withers Allston, Davison McDowell, and Francis Weston and begun in 1859 but interrupted by the Civil War. The Gothic Revival church designed by Louis J. Barbot was completed in 1876 with a gift of $1,700 by John Earle Allston. With the decline of rice planting the church gradually fell into disrepair and was eventually deemed unsafe. It was demolished in 1966, leaving only the front wall and tower. The ruins were listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

Location

Plantersville, Georgetown County, South Carolina
33.50586, -79.17993

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Nearby Historic Sites

Pee Dee River Rice Planters Historic District (Additional Documentation)
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0.7 mi
Chicora Wood Plantation
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1 mi
Sandy Island School
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3.1 mi
All Saints' Episcopal Church, Waccamaw
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Cedar Grove Plantation Chapel
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When was Prince Frederick's Chapel Ruins listed on the National Register?

Prince Frederick's Chapel Ruins was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 27, 1974.

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