Old White Meeting House Ruins and Cemetery explained

Old White Meeting House Ruins and Cemetery
Coordinates:	32.9656°N -80.1947°W
Built:	1700
Added:	February 8, 2005
Refnum:	97000445

Old White Meeting House Ruins and Cemetery is a historic site near Summerville, Dorchester County, South Carolina. The meeting house was built about 1700, burned during the American Revolution in 1781, rebuilt in 1794, then reduced to ruins by the Charleston earthquake of 1886. The extant ruins include portions of each cornerthe largest approximately 9’ highand significant remnants of the foundation of walls. Also on the property is a contributing cemetery.^{[1] [2]}

The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Power . J. Tracy . Willette W. Fay . Old White Meeting House Ruins and Cemetery . National Register of Historic Places – Nomination and Inventory . January 10, 2005 . pdf . 5 July 2012.
2. Web site: Old White Meeting House Ruins and Cemetery, Dorchester County (SC Hwy 642, Summerville vicinity) . National Register Properties in South Carolina . South Carolina Department of Archives and History . 5 July 2012.