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Old Bethel United Methodist Church

Charleston, US

Old Bethel United Methodist Church

Old Bethel United Methodist Church is located at 222 Calhoun Street, Charleston, South Carolina. It is the oldest Methodist church still standing in the city. Originally built about 1797/1798 for the Bethel Methodist congregation, after 1854 this structure was moved from its first place on the site

and reserved for its black members. The white members took control of the new church completed that year on the site. In 1882 officials of Bethel Methodist gave this wooden church building to the black church members; they moved it across to the north side of Calhoun Street (earlier known as Boundary Street) in April 1882. Both churches were listed separately on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

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