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St.
Stephen's Episcopal Church
ST.
STEPHENS
In the village of St.
Stephens we find a touch of the Old World in the little
Episcopal church that stands by the roadside. It is a well
preserved red brick edifice
with a high gambrel roof with curvilinear gables. The paneled
side portals have fanlight transoms. White shuttered arched windows are set between
brick pilasters. The names of Francis Villepontoux and A.
Howard are cut in the masonry of the building. They are said
to have been the designers of this church.
St.
Stephen's Episcopal Church was built in 1767-9, and is
conceded by many to be one of the finest of the provincial
churches in South Carolina.
The graveyard which,
surrounds the building contains the graves of much of South
Carolina's famous men.
BY
HAZEL CROWSON SELLERS
South Carolina Churches
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