This is the oldest church building in the city of Charleston. Construction started in 1752 and was finished in 1761. The clock and bells of the church were shipped over in 1764 from England. Counting this shipment along with other voyages involving theft and repair, the bells have made this ocean voyage five times. George Washington and later Robert E. Lee worshipped in the church at pew 43. Two signers of the Constitution, John Rutledge and Charles Pinckney, are buried on St. Michael’s grounds.