St. Helena's Episcopal Church

One of the oldest churches in South Carolina, established in 1712. St. Helena's served as the parish church of the Beaufort planter elite through the colonial and Revolutionary periods. The churchyard contains graves of Revolutionary War-era Beaufort families. During the British occupation of 1779–1781, the church was used as a hospital by British forces, and some of its headstones were reportedly removed for use as operating tables.