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Organized in 1854.
Citadel Square Church was the fourth baptist church built in Charleston, South Carolina. The church began as an outgrowth of the First Baptist Church when, in 1854, a dozen members sought permission to establish a new church for the upper peninsula. The new church was to have been known as the Fourth Baptist Church but, when an existing baptist church closed, leaving only three baptist churches, the name was changed to Citadel Square Church. The name refers to the church's location on upper Meeting St., immediately across from Marion Square, which at the time was the location of the Citadel Military College. In the 1880s the name was changed to Citadel Square Baptist Church.
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Start with this museum to learn about Charleston's history.
Organized in 1791.
Founded in 1770, the College of Charleston is the oldest institution of higher education in the state of South Carolina and the thirteenth oldest in the United States.
Organized in 1749. The present Greek Revival-style building, built in 1840, is the oldest continually operating Jewish cemetery in the U.S. The oldest surviving Reform synagogue in the world and second-oldest synagogue of any kind in the United States.