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Our May 1 image, “Pretty white church,” showed Grace Episcopal Chapel in the Charleston County fishing village of Rockville. But only three veteran sleuths correctly identified it. Hats off to George Graf of Palmyra, Va.; Jay Altman of Columbia; and Bill Segars of Hartsville.
Segars provided more context: “It was built in 1840 as a St. John’s Parish Chapel of Ease to serve the Wadmalaw families. This Greek Revival building was originally built on property behind the W.E. Jenkins House for a cost of $1,500. Due to uncertainty of the land title on which the chapel sat, in 1884, it was rolled to its current location on palmetto logs. After the hurricane of 1893, Clara Barton, the founder of the American Red Cross, held a relief meeting here. Additions in 1890 and 1900 give the building its current appearance.
“The altar’s stained glass window is a signed Tiffany window depicting Christ walking on water, given in memory of Reverend and Mrs. Joseph LaRoche. There is a match to this window in the church at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.”
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