22-52 Prince Frederick's Chapel
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N 33° 30.356 W 079° 10.836
17S E 668995 N 3708858
SC historical marker 22-52
Waymark Code: WMXQ03
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 02/10/2018
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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 its parishioners were rice planters along the Pee Dee River. These ruins are of the second church here, approved by a committee of R.F. W. Allston, Davison McDowell, and Francis Weston and began 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 $1700 by John Earle Allston. With the decline of rice planting the church gradually fell into disrepair and 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.
Marker Name: Prince Frederick's Chappel
Marker Location: Roadside
Type of Marker: Historic Site
Marker number: 22-52
County: USA
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