St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church, a Greek Revival church built in 1846, is the oldest Catholic church in Beaufort County. It was built by Michael O'Connor, an Ireland native who came to Beaufort in 1822, and he deeded the church and lot to the bishop. Its first pastor was Rev. J.J. O'Connell, author of Catholicity in the Carolinas and Georgia (1879). The brick wall was built in 1857 by local craftsman Franklin Talbird. During the Civil War, the church housed a school for freedmen. The Gothic trefoil window was added in 1899. Though the parish moved to Lady's Island in 1987, the church has been used for special events since and was handsomely restored in 2012. The churchyard includes several fine examples of 19th and 20th century gravestone art.