Demolition of historic East Side church halted as Charleston seeks independent review

What were the developer’s original plans for the Emma Abbott Memorial Chapel?

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — The city of Charleston has paused the demolition of a historic East Side church while officials seek an independent assessment of the building’s condition and input from the surrounding community.

The former Mt. Sinai Holiness Church of Deliverance, located at 52 Cooper St. near America Street and originally known as the Emma Abbott Memorial Chapel, had been slated for redevelopment into condominiums…

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