Taveau Church, State Road S-8-44, Cordesville, Berkeley County, SC

2012 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention

Significance: While listed in the National Register of Historic Places and acclaimed for the sophistication of its exterior design and construction, Taveau Church is perhaps the least known of the early churches and chapels along the Cooper River. Nonetheless, it is one of the most intact, early ecclesiastic structures in the South Carolina Lowcountry.

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1784

Survey number: HABS SC-389

Building/structure dates: ca. 1835 Initial Construction

National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 78002493

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1933 - 1970

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