Moon South Carolina by Jim Morekis

Author:Jim Morekis
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Avalon Travel
Published: 2013-07-02T04:00:00+00:00

Trinity Episcopal Cathedral

Speaking of our first president, we’ve saved the best for last: the imposing and impressive George Washington Statue at the capitol’s front steps. Sculpted of bronze on a granite base, the statue is Washington’s exact height (as closely as historians can figure): six feet, two inches tall. If you’re here after hours, you may notice joggers running up and down the front steps, Rocky-style.

Trinity Episcopal Cathedral

The beautiful buffed-brick Trinity Episcopal Cathedral (1100 Sumter St., 803/771-7300, www.trinitysc.org), near the State House, is a fine example of Gothic Revival church architecture, and a recent renovation has made it even more attractive. Its congregation has roots back to the very first backcountry Episcopalian church in the state, around 1812.

Designed by Edward Brickell in 1840, the current sanctuary boasts stained-glass windows from Munich, a gorgeous baptismal font, and a host of deceased luminaries in the attached cemetery, including five governors of South Carolina and three Confederate generals (and one who was both: Wade Hampton III). Good construction and benevolent wind patterns (and divine intervention?) saved the church from Yankee fires in 1865.

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