Calvary Episcopal Church records, 1848-1978.
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Calvary Episcopal Church (Charleston, S.C.)
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This congregation began holding services in March 1848 under the direction of Rev. Paul Trapier, and moved into its new building on Beaufain Street in 1849. Though the congregation had white members, Calvary was established primarily as a mission to the black population of Charleston. Services ended at the sanctuary on Beaufain Street in November 1940, when the congregation sold the building and moved to a new one on Line Street. The old Calvary Episcopal Church building was demolished in 1961. ...
Trapier, Paul, 1806-1872
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South Carolina Episcopal priest and plantation owner (Serenity Plantation) of Huguenot descent. Paul Trapier, educated at Harvard and the General Theological Seminary in New York, married Sarah Dehon in 1833. Trapier served at St. Andrew's Parish (1830-1835), St. Stephen's Chapel (1835-1840), and St. Michael's in Charleston (1840-1846). He organized the Calvary Church in Charleston for "colored communicants" and served there until 1857. He then served as a professor of the short-lived Diocesan T...
