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Edward C. Jones

Charleston architect who designed the Gothic-revival Church of the Holy Cross in Stateburg, South Carolina, built in rammed earth.

Roles
architect

Sources

  1. Church of the Holy Cross (Stateburg, South Carolina). Wikipedia. · accessed November 4, 2026
  2. Pisé de terre. South Carolina Encyclopedia. · accessed November 4, 2026

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In the Journal

Material Notes

Forty feet of rammed earth

The Church of the Holy Cross in Stateburg, SC, has rammed-earth walls about 40 feet tall. A material note on pisé and how it ages.