Circular Congregational Church

This meeting house is an important historical fixture in Charleston as it helped define the city in its efforts to promote tolerance and understanding. It’s so important, in fact, that the street it resides on, Meeting Street, was named after the gathering place’s original intention. In addition to promoting open dialogue, the church is also known for its graveyard and headstone art. The graveyard is presumed to be the oldest English burial ground still in existence in Charleston, while the gravestones document the unique evolution of tombstone art in colonial America.