National Register of Historic Places

Strawberry Chapel and Childsbury Town Site

Moncks Corner, Berkeley County, South Carolina
Listed
April 25, 1972
Type
Site
Period
Listed
Ref No.
72001194

About this property

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. 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. Strawberry Chapel, graveyard and lands are private property and only open to the public on special occasions and annual church services.

Location

Moncks Corner, Berkeley County, South Carolina
33.09522, -79.91420

Categories

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Sources

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When was Strawberry Chapel and Childsbury Town Site listed on the National Register?

Strawberry Chapel and Childsbury Town Site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 25, 1972.

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Strawberry Chapel and Childsbury Town Site is classified as a site in the National Register of Historic Places.

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