The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist is Charleston's Catholic
cathedral. It was built in the early 1900s on the site of a
previous smaller cathedral, however, the diocese ran out of
money and the bell tower was left unfinished. The bell tower was
finally finished during the past decade. st. phillips episcopal
church is the oldest church in charleston and the first anglican
church south of virginia. originally built in 1681 the current
structure dates back to 1835. the 1835 church shows the
influence of st. martins-in-the-fields in london. in 1848 the
architect e.b. white designed the steeple in the christopher
wren-gibbs tradition. in the churchyard are the graves of
william rhett, edward rutledge, charles pinckney, john c.
calhoun, and edward mccrady. The original St Philip's Church was
established in 1681 at the site of the present St Michael's
Church. In 1710 this wooden church structure was damaged by a
hurricane, and was rebuilt nearby in 1723. The second church
burned in 1835, and the present structure