Brick Baptist Church St. Helena Island, South Carolina

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Brick Baptist Church (1855) at 85 Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, St. Helena Island, South Carolina, USA. all photos →

The Brick Baptist Church was built in 1855 by enslaved people, whose fingerprints can be seen in the bricks. After the Civil War, the church was given to them and it became one of the first schools for freed slaves.

Location map of the Brick Baptist Church, St. Helena Island, South Carolina. Click to enlarge.
Aerial view of the Brick Baptist Church, St. Helena Island, South Carolina. Click to enlarge.