Strawberry Chapel and Childsbury Town Site

Strawberry Chapel
Strawberry Chapel
LocationBerkeley County, South Carolina
Nearest cityGoose Creek / Moncks Corner
Coordinates33°5′36″N 79°56′7″W / 33.09333°N 79.93528°W / 33.09333; -79.93528
Built1707 (Childsbury)
1725 (Chapel)
NRHP reference No.72001194
Added to NRHPApril 26, 1972

Strawberry Chapel is a parochial chapel of ease in the lower part of St. John's, Berkeley Parish in Berkeley County, South Carolina that was built in 1725. It is on Strawberry Chapel Road between South Carolina State Highway 8-44 and the West Branch of the Cooper River. Bordering Strawberry's property is the South Carolina State owned historic site of the "Town of Childsbury." It was a planned community that was settled in 1707. The town no longer exists. They were named to the National Register of Historic Places on April 26, 1972. Strawberry Chapel, graveyard and lands are private property and only open to the public on special occasions and annual church services.