St. Helena Parish Chapel of Ease Ruins explained

St. Helena Parish Chapel of Ease Ruins
Nearest City:	Frogmore, South Carolina
Coordinates:	32.3753°N -80.5767°W
Built:	1740
Architecture:	Colonial
Added:	October 06, 1988
Refnum:	88001777

St. Helena Parish Chapel of Ease Ruins is a historic site in Frogmore, South Carolina on Saint Helena Island.^{[1] [2]}

The Anglican chapel was constructed in 1740 by planters on Saint Helena Island as a chapel of ease for parishioners who had difficulty traveling to worship at the Parish Church of St. Helena in Beaufort, South Carolina.^[3] The ruins were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Powers . J. Tracy . St. Helena Parish Chapel of Ease Ruins . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . February 19, 1988 . 9 June 2012.
2. Web site: St. Helena Parish Chapel of Ease Ruins, Beaufort County (S.C. Sec. Rd. 45, St. Helena Island) . National Register Properties in South Carolina . South Carolina Department of Archives and History . 9 June 2012.
3. Web site: Archived copy . www.heritagelib.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100707092909/http://www.heritagelib.org/articles/chapels-of-ease . 2010-07-07.