'We Owe This Community the Truth': Charleston Releases Statement After Historic Church Demolition Halted

‘This was a sacred place’: Charleston pledges changes to process after church demolition

Charleston officials are pledging changes to the city's historic preservation and demolition review process following the controversial demolition

'We owe this community the truth': Charleston releases statement after historic church demolition halted

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) - After a brief delay in demolition, the historic Emma Abbott Memorial Church has officially come down. The City of Charleston has released a statement regarding the demolition at 52 Cooper Street, the site where Emma Abbott Memorial Church has stood since the 1890s.  Five years ago, the church was brought before [...]

Emma Abbott Memorial Chapel Demolished: How Charleston’s 1890s Eastside Church Went From Preservation Plan to Demolition - Charleston Daily

By Mark A Leon For more than 130 years, a small wood-frame chapel stood at 52 Cooper Street on Charleston’s Eastside. Known as the Emma Abbott Memorial Chapel and later home to the Mt. Sinai Holiness Church of Deliverance, the building was constructed in 1892 as a mission church serving the Eastside community. Its connection

City of Charleston Releases Statement on Demolition at 52 Cooper Street

What happened at 52 Cooper Street is a loss, and we understand the pain and anger in the community right now. This was a sacred place, tied to generations of families on the Eastside and to Charleston’s African American history.