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French Huguenot Church, 136 Church Street
On April 30, 1680, 45 Huguenots arrived in Charles Towne to escape religious persecution in their homeland of France.  A Huguenot is a French person who practices the Protestant religion. They worked together with other newly arrived refugees and in 1687, proudly erected the first Huguenot Church on the corner of Church and Queen Streets.