Pineville Chapel
Pineville chapel is used as a chapel-of-ease for the congregation of
St. Stephen's.
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NOTICE*
Currently our historic church is under construction. Our normal services will be held at the beautiful Pineville Chapel.
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Read about the history of Pineville and Pineville Chapel below.
"Pineville, established in 1793-94, was one of the first planters' retreats in the South. James Sinkler built the first summer house here in 1793. Pineville, named for its "religiously preserved" pines and known for its "sweet and balmy air," became a village in 1794 after John Cordes, Peter Gaillard, John Palmer and Peter, Philip, and Samuel Porcher built houses here as well.
By 1830 Pineville had more than 60 houses, a chapel, an academy, a library, and a race track. Federick Porcher wrote in 1858, "the prestige of its ancient fame remains." Union troops burned most of the village in 1865, except the chapel, library, post office and Gourdin House (ca. 1820). The Pineville Historic District was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1992." - Pineville Villiage Historical Marker
"Rev. C. B. Snowden, an Episcopal minister, began conducting services in Pineville in 1808 after declining membership forced the temporary closure of the Parish Church in St. Stephen. the Pinveille Chapel was constructed in 1810 to serve as a chapel-of-ease for St. Stephen's Parish, yet this congregation, which practiced the Episcopal liturgy, was not officially associated with the South Carolina Diocese until 1845. the Pineville Chapel is on of only two early nineteenth century frame county churches surviving in Berkeley County, the other being the 1835 Taveau Church (listed in the National Register) along the Cooper River. Vernacular in style, the Pineville Chapel exhibits simple, yet refined, architectural details and had seen very little alteration since the time of its contruction. Significant architectural features include its prominent belltower, with its open deck and bellcast hipped roof, nine-over-nine light windows with panelled shutters, paired panelled entrance doors with transoms, as well as Federal style interior carving at the balcony post, pulpit and Palladian window." - The National Historic Register