St. Paul's Methodist Church

Historical marker location:

7488 West Main Street, Ridgeland, South Carolina

( Marker is on West Main Street (State Highway 336), on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 2003

South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union, but it was also the last state to rejoin the Union after the Civil War. Reconstruction in the state was marked by violence and political turmoil.