The Second Presbyterian Church
This building is the oldest edifice of this faith in the historic section of Charleston built in 1809.
Children's graves
This section is obviously much poorer than the other section which had very large and ornate tombstones. This section was smaller and less kept. I started reading the stones and noticed that they had many Irish an Scottish names and dated around the 1820-1840 time period. During this time frame in American history, the Irish were not well received and immensely disliked, which probably explains the cemetery segregation. 
The French Huguenot Church
The French Huguenots had to flee Franch in the late 1680's into the 1730's over religious persecution. They found welcome and refuge in Charleston and organized their congregation in 1687. This building opened in 1840.
St. John's Lutheran Church
Founded by German immigrants who held their first recorded service in 1734. The congregations was established in 1742 by Melchior Muhlenburg and building began in 1759. The present building was erected in 1819.
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