A group of 45 Huguenots arrived in Charleston in 1687, where they constructed the first French Huguenot Church. This church was destroyed, in 1796, due to fire, and a second church was built in 1800. The current church was built in 1844 as the first Gothic Revival church in South Carolina and was designed by architect Edward Brickell White. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1973. The congregation still teaches Calvinist doctrine, and its liturgical services are derived from those developed by Neufchâtel and Vallangin, from 1737 and 1772, respectively.