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United States historic place
Moving Star Hall
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Moving Star Hall is located in South CarolinaMoving Star HallShow map of South CarolinaMoving Star Hall is located in the United StatesMoving Star HallShow map of the United States
Location3104 River Rd., Johns Island, South Carolina
Coordinates32°41′1.5″N 80°1′27.5″W / 32.683750°N 80.024306°W / 32.683750; -80.024306
Arealess than one acre
Builtc. 1917 (1917)
NRHP reference No.82003843
Added to NRHPJune 17, 1982

Moving Star Hall is a historic community building located on Johns Island, Charleston County, South Carolina. It was built about 1917, and is a crudely built, one-story, rectangular, frame, weatherboarded building. It has a low concrete block pillar foundation and a metal-covered gable roof. Also on the property is a contributing outhouse. The building was used by the local African-American population as a "praise house" and meeting place of the Moving Star Young Association, a religious, social, fraternal, and charitable community institution.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Rebecca Starr and Mary Watson (February 1982). "Moving Star Hall" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
  3. "Moving Star Hall, Charleston County (River Rd., John's Island)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
U.S. National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
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