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Pineville Chapel

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SC Picture Project / Berkeley County / Pineville Chapel

This Episcopal chapel was built in 1810 for the Pineville community in Berkeley County. The village was settled as a planters’ retreat in 1794, as wealthy families from Lowcountry plantations came here during the summer months to avoid the heat as well as illnesses borne by mosquitoes in low-lying rice fields. Because a racecourse for horses had been established here three years earlier, in 1791, Pineville became a logical setting for a retreat. A jockey club – formed in 1792 – brought planters to the area for recreation, and soon the town was populated with 60 households.

Pineville Chapel

John Diskes of Summerville, 2012 © Do Not Use Without Written Consent

Other amenities followed the racecourse and first homes, including a library in 1810 – built the same year as the chapel – and a ballroom for dances. A school, Pineville Academy, was established in 1805 and attracted students from across the state. Pineville continued to be quite popular with planters until disease struck the community in the 1830s. During this time people fled, and a new pineland village – pine trees were thought to promote good health – was established in nearby Pinopolis.

Pineville Chapel Berkeley

Linda Brown of Kingstree, 2016 © Do Not Use Without Written Consent

Though some people later returned to their Pineville homes, the community never regained the popularity it enjoyed prior to the 1830s. Many of the homes and buildings were burned to the ground during the Civil War by Union troops in early 1865. Four original structures remain today, including the chapel. Also located in Pineville is the burial site of General Francis Marion. General Marion was buried at his brother’s plantation, Belle Isle Plantation. Marion’s own plantation, Pond Bluff, is now submerged beneath Lake Marion, which is named for the general.

Pineville Church Marker

Sara Dean of Moncks Corner, 2013 © Do Not Use Without Written Consent

Pineville Church is listed in the National Register as part of the Pineville Historic District:

The Pineville Historic District illustrates Pineville’s original role as a nineteenth century pineland village as well as its gradual transformation to agricultural land and to a year-round community in the late-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Berkeley County’s wealthy planter class, wishing to avoid the fevers associated with their low lying plantations during the summer months, established inland settlements, particularly in areas wooded with pine trees, beginning in the late eighteenth century.

The Pineville Historic District is composed of four principal buildings, three residential buildings and one Episcopal church, ranging in date from ca.1810 through 1925. In the mid to late nineteenth century, Pineville was a densely-settled village that included as many as one hundred buildings, including an academy, racetrack, library, churches, and residences. Much of the town was burned by Union troops at the close of the Civil War in April 1865. In the years following the war, much of the land that made up the village was converted for use as farmland. Since that time, Pineville has remained a small community of less than twenty structures surrounded by open farm and hunting lands.

Pineville Chapel – Interior


Pineville Chapel Interior

Elizabeth F. Carroll of St. Stephen, 2018 © Do Not Use Without Written Consent

Pineville Chapel Interior

Elizabeth F. Carroll of St. Stephen, 2018 © Do Not Use Without Written Consent

Pineville Chapel Interior

Elizabeth F. Carroll of St. Stephen, 2018 © Do Not Use Without Written Consent

Pineville Chapel Interior

Elizabeth F. Carroll of St. Stephen, 2018 © Do Not Use Without Written Consent

Pineville Chapel Interior

Elizabeth F. Carroll of St. Stephen, 2018 © Do Not Use Without Written Consent

Pineville Chapel Interior

Elizabeth F. Carroll of St. Stephen, 2018 © Do Not Use Without Written Consent

More Pictures of Pineville Chapel


Pineville Church Berkeley County

Bill Segars of Hartsville, 2004 © Do Not Use Without Written Consent

Pineville Episcopal Church

Sara Dean of Moncks Corner, 2013 © Do Not Use Without Written Consent

Plan Your Trip: Pineville Chapel

Where is Pineville Chapel located?
Address: South Carolina Road S-8-204, Pineville, SC 29468
GPS Coordinates: 33.42806,-80.02943
What else should I see?
Maude Callen Clinic 3.2 miles
Pineville Lookout Tower 3.7 miles
Tower Hill Plantation 3.8 miles
Francis Marion Grave 6.1 miles
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    1. Keith Gourdin says

      August 31, 2020 at 5:00 PM

      You may contact me about info on the Pineville Chapel. Services are only held once a year, normally about the same Sunday that the time changes (or close to that Sunday).

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    2. Keith Gourdin says

      August 31, 2020 at 4:53 PM

      The minister for St. Stephen’s Parish (including Pineville Chapel) from 1969 through 1976 was James P. Crowther. I know nothing about this family now … except that they don’t live in northern Berkeley County. The Philips family you spoke of lived across the street from the Chapel.

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    3. Amy Foster says

      October 12, 2019 at 7:09 PM

      I would like to have contact information for this church. Is this church still open for worship?

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    4. David B Hall says

      July 28, 2019 at 10:23 PM

      I am trying to find information on my ancestor, Mr. Andrew Hall who fought in the Civil war and was an aide to General Robert E. Lee. His mother name was Rocksy Van Horn and his father and several brothers died in the war. He was born on Jan. 24, 1843.

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    5. Andrew Hames says

      April 1, 2019 at 9:37 AM

      Does anyone have any contact information for this church?

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      • SC Picture Project says

        April 1, 2019 at 4:49 PM

        The people of St. Stephen’s Episcopal are connected with Pineville Chapel, here is their website which has contact information: http://www.ststephensepiscopalchurchsc.com/contact-us.html.

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    6. Laurie Fair says

      December 31, 2018 at 10:52 AM

      I’m looking for the family that lived, worshiped, and ministered here around 1974. The last name was Phillips. The sons of the minister were named Dale and Richard. Do you have any information regarding this family? I really enjoyed my time at this church and with the family and would love to get in contact with them. Thanks!

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