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St. Philip's Episcopal Church, Charleston postcard face - click to enlarge

St. Philip's Episcopal Church, Charleston postcard obverse - click to enlarge

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St. Philip's Episcopal Church, Charleston

State: SC
Year established: 1893
Latitude: 32 deg 46 min 44 sec N
Longitude: 75 deg 55 min 46 sec W
Height above sea level: 140 feet

Original construction:
Light in church steeple

Status:
discontinued in 1915

Notes:
St. Philips' steeple light served as rear of a range for which Fort Sumter provided the front light for a channel through the Swash Channel

More information:

http://www.stphilipschurchsc.org/spce/history
Office of the Light House Board, List of Lights and Fog Signals on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States, (Washington, DC: GPO, 1895), pp. 104-105

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