Georgetown County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the population was 60,158. Its county seat is Georgetown. The county was founded in 1769. It is named for George III of the United Kingdom.
Georgetown is the third oldest town in the U.S. state of South Carolina and the county seat of Georgetown County, in the Lowcountry. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 9,163. Located on Winyah Bay at the confluence of the Black, Great Pee Dee, Waccamaw, and Sampit rivers, Georgetown is the second largest seaport in South Carolina, handling over 960,000 tons of materials a year. Charleston is the largest.
Pawleys Island is a town in Georgetown County, South Carolina, United States, and the Atlantic coast barrier island on which the town is located.
Buildings, sites, districts, and objects in Virginia listed on the National Register of Historic Places:
Bucksville is a small unincorporated community in Horry County, South Carolina, United States. It lies near Bucksport on the Pee Dee River and Waccamaw River. Two properties are listed on the National Register of Historic Places: the Buck's Upper Mill Farm and Hebron Church.
The Chapel of the Good Shepherd is a historic Episcopal church designed by architect Frederick Clarke Withers and built in 1888, located at 543 Main Street on Roosevelt Island in Manhattan, New York, United States. It was originally an Episcopal chapel, but is now the Good Shepherd Community Ecumenical Center, used for Episcopal worship services and by other groups.
"St. John's Church", "St. John's Episcopal Church", or "St. John's Episcopal Church, Broad Creek", is a historic Episcopal church located at 9801 Livingston Road in Fort Washington, Prince George's County, Maryland. It is a rectangular Flemish bond brick structure with a bell hipped roof. The interior features a barrel vaulted ceiling with an intricate support system.
St. Thomas' Church is an Episcopal church in a rural setting, located at Croom, Prince George's County, Maryland. It is one of four congregations that have constituted the parish of St. Thomas in the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, the others including the Church of the Atonement in Cheltenham, the Chapel of the Incarnation in Brandywine, and St. Simon's Mission also in Croom.
The Oak Hill Cemetery Chapel, also known as the Renwick Chapel or James Renwick Chapel, is a historic building in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., United States. Designed by James Renwick, Jr. in 1850, Oak Hill Cemetery Chapel is the architect's only known example of Gothic Revival church architecture in Washington, D.C. It is located on the highest ridge in Oak Hill Cemetery, near the intersection of 29th and R Streets NW. The chapel is one of two structures in Oak Hill Cemetery listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the other being the Van Ness Mausoleum. The chapel, mausoleum, and cemetery are contributing properties to the Georgetown Historic District, a National Historic Landmark.
Prince George Winyah Church is an Anglican church in Georgetown, South Carolina. Prince George Winyah is one of the oldest continuous congregations in South Carolina, and the church building is one of the oldest churches in continuous service in South Carolina. Prince George Winyah (Anglican) and Churchyard was named to the National Register of Historic Places on May 6, 1971.
Strawberry Chapel is a parochial chapel of ease in the lower part of St. John's, Berkeley Parish in Berkeley County, South Carolina that was built in 1725. It is on Strawberry Chapel Road between South Carolina State Highway 8-44 and the West Branch of the Cooper River. Bordering Strawberry's property is the South Carolina State owned historic site of the “Town of Childsbury.” It was a planned community that was settled in 1707. The town no longer exists. They were named to the National Register of Historic Places on April 26, 1972.
Old Christ Church, also known as Old Lightwood, is a historic Episcopal church near Laurel, Sussex County, Delaware. The 1772 church resembles its parent church, Green Hill Church of Stepney Parish in Wicomico County, Maryland, except that while Stepney was built in brick, Christ Church is of wood construction. Its weathered appearance gave rise to a nickname "Old Lightwood," although it now is painted barn red.
Prince Frederick's Chapel Ruins is a historic site in Plantersville, South Carolina.
Summer Chapel Rectory, Prince Frederick's Episcopal Church is a historic rectory associated with Prince Frederick's Episcopal Church on CR 52 near Plantersville, Georgetown County, South Carolina. It was built about 1850, and is a 1 1/2-story, "U"-shaped frame building with a clapboard exterior on a raised brick foundation. It has a standing seam metal gable roof and a one-story engaged porch extends across the façade. The rectory was moved to its present location in 1877 after the original chapel was abandoned and served as the rectory for Summer Chapel, Prince Frederick's Episcopal Church.
Summer Chapel, Prince Frederick's Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal chapel associated with Prince Frederick's Episcopal Church and located on CR 52 in Plantersville, Georgetown County, South Carolina. It was finished by 1836, and is a one-story, frame chapel with clapboard exterior walls and standing seam metal gable roof. The entrance is sheltered by a hipped roof porch. In 1877 it was moved to Plantersville, to replace the summer chapel there, along with the Summer Chapel Rectory, Prince Frederick's Episcopal Church.
Old Chapel is a historic Episcopal church building located near Millwood, Clarke County, Virginia. Old Chapel is now the oldest Episcopal church building still in use west of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. In 2014, the Chapel Rural Historic District was recognized, and which encompasses both Cunningham parish churches, discussed below, as well as approximately 700 other structures and an area of nearly 10,500 acres.
Cedar Grove Plantation Chapel, also known as Summer Chapel, All Saints' Episcopal Church, and Waccamaw, is a historic plantation chapel located near Pawleys Island, Georgetown County, South Carolina. It was built about 1850, and is a small, frame vernacular Gothic Revival style chapel. It features a pedimented portico supported by four, paneled, square columns. The chapel is associated with All Saints’ Episcopal Church.
