Haunted Unitarian Church

History

The infamous Unitarian Church in downtown Charleston is located on 4 Archdale St. Charleston, SC 29401. The church was built in 1772 but wasn't complete until 1787 because of damage that was caused by the Revolutionary War. This makes the Unitarian Church the oldest Unitarian Church in the south. It was built to help balance the Circular Congregation's large population of churchgoers. For the next 30 years, the two church held the same sermons as well as the same two ministers.

Architecture

The architect, Francis D Lee first intended for the church to be built in a Georgian style but when it was rebuilt after the war he transformed it into a Gothic Revival style. The church is commonly known for its a tall rectangular tower with beautiful stained glass windows.

Graveyard

The main reason our group chose this graveyard is because of how different it is from the other church graveyards. One thing that stood out to us was how overgrown it is. The easiest and my favorite way to enter the graveyard it through the King St. entrance which is across the street from the Charleston Library Society. When turning into the back entrance it's quite easy for a person to get distracted by the jungle-like ally. As you continue to walk you can see the parts of gravestone peaking out from behind the overgrown greenery. One thing that was interesting about graveyard was that some sets of graves were sectioned off from the rest with fences. Multiple sources claim that they have seen a heartbroken ghost of a young girl wandering the graveyard late at night. 

A lot of the headstones had vases with fabric over top of them