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Among the structures that escaped civil<br />
war damage were Cole Heyward House,<br />
Campbell Chapel African Methodist<br />
Episcopal Church, and the Church of<br />
the Cross, which today make up part of<br />
Bluffton’s Historic District<br />
POINTS OF INTEREST<br />
Campbell Chapel African<br />
Methodist Episcopal Church<br />
23 Boundary Street<br />
The Bluffton Methodist Episcopal<br />
Church was built in 1853. It was<br />
purchased in 1874 by nine former<br />
slaves, who were looking for a<br />
building in which to establish an<br />
African Methodist Episcopal church,<br />
a black denomination gaining<br />
popularity in the south. The church<br />
was renamed Campbell Chapel in<br />
honor of J.P. Campbell, the eighth<br />
bishop of the AME church.<br />
Michael C. Riley<br />
Elementary School<br />
200 Burnt Church Road<br />
The school is named for a<br />
prominent African American<br />
educator in Bluffton.<br />
Heyward Historical Center<br />
52 Boundary Street (843.757.6293)<br />
Programs on the history, architecture,<br />
and culture of Bluffton are offered at<br />
this historical home in old<br />
town Bluffton.<br />
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