St Michael’s Church

Beautiful exterior, graveyard, and interior.

This is one of my favorite places to visit in Charleston, and it’s my favorite church in the United States. If you’ve ever been to Trafalgar Square, you’ll immediately be reminded of St Martin in the Fields. I would strongly suggest attending a service on Sunday morning, as church architecture is always best enjoyed serving its original purpose. The congregation is also quite friendly, and it’s a good place to meet both local people and tourists alike.

Beautiful church in beautiful Charleston… so much history, and just lovely, friendly staff. A must-​do and must-​see while in Holy City :)

My mom is in town we both wanted to check out the graveyard. We walked in around 4:15pm, I looked at the time of closing which said 4:30pm. Perfect! All we needed was 15 mins to do a quick walk through the cemetary. I give the cemetary 5 Stars, I give the JERK OFF who yelled CLOSING at 4:20pm 1 Star! So I thought oh maybe he’s just warning us, but NO he yelled CLOSING a second time! I said okay mom time to go, we walked out the older guy closed the gate and locked up at 4:23pm. Give me a break! What a JERK OFF!

Majestically sitting on the corner, how can you resist not starring at its blinding white structure and wonder about the history it imparts. A stark symbol of Charleston’s history as highlighted in an earlier review. If nothing, make sure you stroll by this place and admire the architecture and the lovely hand woven baskets sold outside.

I’m really surprised to see such a paucity of reviews for this historic church in the heart of downtown Charleston and on the «4 corners» of law — it sits at an intersection on which each corner is a «law-​giving» office: Charleston City Hall, Charleston City Court House, the Federal Courthouse, and St. Michael’s (God’s law).
The steeple was used as a sighting reference by Yankee artillery so that they could fire into the city to kill the women, children, old men, and slaves that remained in the city and defended it.
George Washington attended this church when he visited Charleston. You’ll find some wonderful inscriptions on plaque-​stones on the wall. The church itself is also quite lovely.
There’s also a really lovely cemetery directly adjacent to the church and you will find yourself amazed at the dates of the tombstones. You don’t have to have a relative here to be touched by the continuity of humankind and life in our country.
St. Michael’s is the oldest surviving religious structure in Charleston. It’s construction is estimated to be between 1751 – 1761.

We were exploring the graveyard in the rain when a gentleman (the caretaker, maybe?) insisted that we see the inside of the church. He said that he was closing it up in 10 minutes and that it would be a shame if we didn’t have a chance to see it. Well, he was right.
Inside is a beautiful, quaint little church. It has nice stained glass windows, interesting boxed pews, and a remarkable pulpit, but all of it is more interesting with the short brochure explaining the church’s history. This building saw the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, and the history both between and since. Evidence of its remarkable travels can be seen all over the building with the subtle direction of the brochure’s guild.
It won’t take you long to soak in what this church has to offer, but it is definitely recommended.

This is possibly one of my favorite churches in Charleston. A lovely building. This was one of the many churches we visted in the «Holy City» and spent a lot of time in the church yard looking at all the grave stones. Its absolutely fascinating to me how beautiful and serene St. Michael’s was. There was a muted elegance and sophistication that was mezmorizing. The history was incredible and the yard was open and sunny. A great place to visit.