St. Philip's Episcopal Church
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Description:
Photograph showing the damage from the earthquake that occurred on August 31, 1886 to St. Philip's Episcopal Church located at 142 Church Street.
George LaGrange Cook was a well-known photographer in Charleston who photographed the destruction of the 1886 earthquake soon after it happened, producing a series of images titled "Cook's Earthquake Views of Charleston and Vicinity" that could be purchased as souvenirs.
- Title: St. Philip's Episcopal Church
- Photographer: Cook, George LaGrange, 1849-1919
- Date: 1886
- Collection: Photograph Collection
- Object Name: Earthquake of 1886
- Object Id: MK 4147
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