Special thanks to photographer Vanessa Kauffmann — you can purchase this photo and others on Vanessa’s website.

Bricks for the church were collected as early as 1740, while the cornerstone was not laid until 1745. Construction was completed two years later and the first service was held on August 16, 1747. The church is constructed from English red bricks held together with local oyster shell mortar. While the design is typical of many colonial churches, it does have several notable features including English stained glass windows and a Jacobean gable.

The interior is lined with traditional box pews and features hand-carved woodwork and flagstone flooring. The church was severely damaged during the Revolutionary War but received repairs and several additions in 1809. The tower and steeple were not added until 1824.

Several notable South Carolinians, including Governor Robert Francis Withers Allston, are buried in the church’s cemetery.

For more information, please visit the church’s website.

Constructed of pressed brick with granite trimmings, the church was built in the traditional Romanesque architectural style and formed the shape of a Latin cross. Its layout changed dramatically in 1967 when it underwent renovations and received several additions.

For more information, visit the church’s website.

Shrimping is an important, and unfortunately endangered, industry in South Carolina. Cheap foreign shrimp have flooded our stores and restaurants, driving prices so low that local shrimpers must struggle to compete. These imported shrimp may be inexpensive, but they come with a high cost to our health, environment, economy, and community.

Most of these farm-raised shrimp are bred with harsh chemicals and antibiotics. South Carolina shrimp are naturally fresh and flavorful, and they are caught in our own coastal waters. When you eat local shrimp, you help prevent intense pollution and you provide much needed support to our state’s shrimpers.

SCIWAY thanks Jeffrey Akerson of Exeter, New Hampshire for submitting this chilly picture he took during a rare snowstorm in 2010.