Charleston Huguenot church
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- Date created
- October 1, 2006
- Location
- South Carolina
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- This photograph copyright ©2006. Terms of use
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The French Protestant Church in Charleston, S.C., was built in 1845, and is the last remaining independent Huguenot church in the United States. The first Huguenots in Charleston arrived in 1681, after fleeing Protestant persecution in France.
