Southeast Corner of Marion and Blanding Streets
Site of Christ Church
Erected in 1858 to accommodate the growing number of working-class Episcopalians, Christ Church met a fiery demise during the burning of Columbia in February 1865. Said to have rivaled nearby Trinity Church in size, the ruined Gothic Revival style sanctuary was recorded by George N. Bernard of Matthew Brady’s corps of Union Army photographers.
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Ruins of Christ Church, 1865. Image courtesy National Archives and Records Administration
