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Saint Michael's Church

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Title	Saint Michael's Church
Alternate Title	St. Michael's Episcopal Church
View	Overall view
Work Type	buildings religious buildings churches
Style/Period	American Colonial Eighteenth century Neoclassical
Contributors to Project	after James Gibbs (British architect, 1682-1754); unknown (British)
Subject.work	architecture timekeeping Great Britain--Colonies
Country	United States
City	Charleston
State/Province	South Carolina
Location.Notes	corner of Meeting Street and Broad Street; 71 Broad Street
Architectural Material	stuccoed brick
Technique	construction (assembling)
Dates	1752-1761 (creation)
Photographer	Gilchrist, Scott
Date Photographed	5/17/1997
Subject Information	Charles Town was slow to build churches; the first was the original St Philip's (1682); on that site now is Charleston's most revered and oldest intact church, St. Michael's (anonymous; 1752-1761), a weighty Doric-porticoed and demonstratively sited version of James Gibbs' St Martin-in-the-Fields (1720-1726), London. [The clock and ring of eight bells were imported from England in 1764. The Ainsworth-Thwaites clock is thought to be the oldest functioning colonial tower clock in the country.]
Information.source	Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/
Credit Line	copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Collection Title	Archivision (architecture, urban design, gardens, landscapes and public art)