Dorchester County · Marker 18-02
Parish Church of St. George, Dorchester
Off Dorchester Rd. (S.C. Hwy. 642) in Old Dorchester State Park, S of Summerville
Front inscription
St. George's, an Anglican parish, was erected 1717. A brick church 50 ft. long and 30 ft. wide with a chancel 15 by 5 feet, begun in August 1719, was enlarged in the 1730's. The tower was built before 1753 and in 1766 held four bells. Burned by the British in the Revolution, the church was partially repaired and used afterwards, but as the congregation moved away, it fell into decay.