St. Helena Parish Chapel of Ease Ruins


St. Helena Parish Chapel of Ease Ruins
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Nearest city	Frogmore, South Carolina
Coordinates	32°22′31″N 80°34′36″W / 32.37528°N 80.57667°W / 32.37528; -80.57667Coordinates: 32°22′31″N 80°34′36″W / 32.37528°N 80.57667°W / 32.37528; -80.57667
Area	1.8 acres (0.73 ha)
Built	1740
Architectural style	Colonial
MPS	Historic Resources of St. Helena Island c. 1740-c. 1935 MPS
NRHP Reference #	88001777^[1]
Added to NRHP	October 06, 1988

St. Helena Parish Chapel of Ease Ruins is a historic site in Frogmore, South Carolina on Saint Helena Island.^[2]^[3]

The front of the Chapel of Ease Ruins from the inside.

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 main parish church in Beaufort, South Carolina.^[4] The ruins were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Powers, J. Tracy (February 19, 1988). "St. Helena Parish Chapel of Ease Ruins" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
↑ "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. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
↑ http://www.heritagelib.org/articles/chapels-of-ease

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