Churches and temples in Charleston
This tour visits places of worship, among them churches, cathedrals, synagogues, temples and chapels. Congregations still use many of them and access depends on the hours they keep.
The stops that carry a construction date run from 1798 to 1891. 10 stops, 1.8 miles end to end. Of the stops, 5 are National Historic Landmarks.
Distances are straight lines between the coordinates in the National Park Service Register data, so the walk on the street will be longer. Nobody has walked or checked this as a route, and a listing does not mean a place is open to visitors. Stops last changed Sep 24, 2026.
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Map
Coordinates come from the National Park Service National Register spatial data, or from Wikidata where the spatial data has no point. The solid line joins the stops in walking order and is not a street route. Listings with a restricted address in the Register are never mapped and never become stops. Data refreshed November 02, 2026.
Walking order
- 1Central Baptist Church26 Radcliffe St.Building · built 1891 · listed 1977start
- 2St. Mark's Episcopal Church16 Thomas StreetBuilding0.1 mi from stop 1
- 3Old Bethel United Methodist Church222 Calhoun St.Building · built 1798 · listed 19750.2 mi from stop 2
- 4Bethel Methodist Church57 Pitt St.Building · listed 1974352 ft from stop 3
- 5Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim SynagogueNHL90 Hasell St.Building · built 1840 · listed 19780.5 mi from stop 4
- 6St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church93 Hasell St.Building · built 1839 · listed 1976201 ft from stop 5
- 7Huguenot ChurchNHL136 Church St.Building · built 1844 · listed 19730.2 mi from stop 6
- 8St. Philip's Episcopal ChurchNHL146 Church St.Building · listed 1973507 ft from stop 7
- 9St. Michael's Episcopal ChurchNHL80 Meeting St.Building · listed 19660.2 mi from stop 8
- 10Unitarian ChurchNHL6 Archdale St.Building · listed 19730.3 mi from stop 9
1.8 straight-line miles over 9 legs.
Taking it along
- Download the route as GPXFor a handheld GPS or a phone app
- Open all 10 stops in Google MapsSet the mode to walking once it opens
- Open the first stop in Apple MapsThe Apple Maps web link carries one destination, so this is stop 1 only
Other walks in Charleston
Local history books for Charleston
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The Huguenot Church in CharlestonMargaret Middleton Rivers Eastman and Richard Donohoe & Maurice Eugenie Horne Thompson, 2018Find at Bookshop.org
St. Philip's Church of CharlestonDorothy Middleton Anderson and Margaret Middleton Rivers Eastman, 2015Find at Bookshop.org
Guidebooks to historic places in South Carolina
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