Chapel at Ease

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Destination awaits:

After exploring the ruins of Old Sheldon Church I drove through Beaufort and found these ruins. It had a different vibe than the first one. 



Address:  Lands End Road, St Helena Island, SC

Just the facts (brief history):

*built in 1740 for a Christian worshipers on the island. (Plantation owners)
*Chapel of Ease due to the hardship is would have been to trek to the St. Helena Church in Beaufort.
*made of tabby walls
*during the civil war plantation owners left, leaving slave to fend for themselves. They were no longer enslaved but also not free.
*Northern missionaries came down to help educate and gaining support from the federal government in the “port royal experiement”
* Burned in a forest fire in 1886
*added to the historic landmarks in the 1980’s
*found down the street from the Penn School. (African American cultural & educational center)


Tips to know before going:
* look up what tabby walls is made from
* look up the port royal experiment
* Read somewhere about the town of Port Royal
*look into visiting historic Beaufort SC

What to do there:

*explore the grounds and graves (you can walk around and in the church.
*it was very quiet and I could see it being creepy as the day turn to dusk



See you at the next bend in the road,

Kelli


PS: next time I visit I was told to go to the filling station in Beaufort 

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