Buildings in the Charleston Historic District

The Charleston Historic District is a large urban U.S. historic district in Charleston, South Carolina that consists of most of the historic peninsular heart of the city. It was the first historic district designated by any government in the U.S., when it was established in 1931. The district was expanded, then it was designated a National Historic Landmark District in 1960. A further expanded area was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966.[1][2]

The district covers most of the historic peninsular heart of the city and contains an unparalleled collection of 18th and 19th-century architecture, including many distinctive Charleston "single houses". It was declared to be a National Historic Landmark in 1960.[3]

According to the New York Preservation Archive Project, the Charleston Old and Historic District's creation in 1931 established "the first historic district protected by local legislation in the United States and inspired legal protection of historic sites in New York City."[4]

The district was about 770 acres (1.20 sq mi; 3.1 km2) in area in 1966.[1] Maps of the original 1931 district (which became a National Historic Landmark in 1960), the expansion of that National Historic Landmark district in 1966, and the greater area covered in the 1975 listing on the National Register of Historic Places, are on pages 281-84 of NARA collection. What NARA currently provides at "Charleston Historic District" is very different from a regular NRHP or NHL submission; it includes no NRHP or NHL forms at all. Instead it includes much correspondence relating to the designation of the Charleston Historic District as an NHL. It in fact includes the nationwide study of which places were obviously eligible for NHL designation in 1960, a list including the Charleston Historic District. This was conveyed in an October 9, 1960, release from U.S. Secretary of the Interior Fred A. Seaton (pages 36–55). This includes a nationwide list of sites eligible (p. 38-53). An outline of themes identified in the National Survey of Historic Sites and Buildings (which the National Park Service? was authorized to undertake in 1935 legislation) is (p. 54-55). (Charleston Mayor J. Palmer Gaillard, Jr. formally accepted the designation in 1962; not all other NHL candidate places did.) Includes correspondence, photos, plans, more.[5]

At least 46 buildings in the district have been documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS).

Below is a partial list of relevant buildings inside the Charleston Historic District:

Selected contributing properties

Name Image Address Dates Note
"Pink House", 17 Chalmers Street 17 Chalmers Street
32°46′39″N 79°55′44″W / 32.77756°N 79.92895°W / 32.77756; -79.92895 ("Pink House", 17 Chalmers St.) 		1694-1712
HABS-doc'd[6] 		Second-oldest house in Charleston, built of pink Bermuda stone.
59 Smith Street (House) 59 Smith Street
32°46′53″N 79°56′28″W / 32.78147°N 79.94119°W / 32.78147; -79.94119 (59 Smith Street (House)) 		HABS-doc'd[7]
74 Rutledge Avenue (House) 74 Rutledge Avenue, at Wentworth St.
32°46′46″N 79°56′29″W / 32.77949°N 79.94136°W / 32.77949; -79.94136 (74 Rutledge Avenue) 		HABS-doc'd[8]
Bank of South Carolina aka "Chamber of Commerce" aka "Citizens and Southern National Bank Building" 50 Broad St.
32°46′37″N 79°55′46″W / 32.77684°N 79.92943°W / 32.77684; -79.92943 (Bank of South Carolina - 50 Broad St.) 		HABS-doc'd[9]
Bank of United States, now City Hall NE corner Broad and Meeting Sts.
32°46′36″N 79°55′51″W / 32.77672°N 79.93083°W / 32.77672; -79.93083 (Bank of the U.S. - City Hall) 		HABS-doc'd[10]
Governor Thomas Bennett House 89 Smith St.
32°46′59″N 79°56′32″W / 32.78316°N 79.94222°W / 32.78316; -79.94222 (Governor Thomas Bennett House) 		1825 built
HABS-doc'd 		Interior features one of only two cantilevered staircases in Charleston. HABS-listed
William Blacklock House 18 Bull St.
32°46′59″N 79°56′22″W / 32.78305°N 79.93949°W / 32.78305; -79.93949 (William Blacklock House) 		HABS-doc'd
William Blacklock Carriage House 18 Bull St.
32°47′00″N 79°56′22″W / 32.78329°N 79.93951°W / 32.78329; -79.93951 (William Blacklock Carriage House) 		HABS-doc'd [11]
Blacklock Gazebo 18 Bull St.
32°47′00″N 79°56′23″W / 32.78330°N 79.93974°W / 32.78330; -79.93974 (Blaclock Gazebo) 		HABS-doc'd[12] Garden pavilion, about 10 by 14 feet (3.0 m × 4.3 m), brick laid in Flemish Bond, built probably same time as house.[13]
Daniel Blake Tenement 2-4 Courthouse Square
 HABS-doc'd [14]
Major Peter Bocquet Jr. House 95 Broad St.
32°46′34″N 79°55′56″W / 32.77625°N 79.93223°W / 32.77625; -79.93223 (Major Peter Bocquet Jr. House) 		c.1962 HABS-doc'd 3½-story house, about 30 by 58 feet (9.1 m × 17.7 m) in plan[15][16]
Charleston County Courthouse NW corner Broad and Meeting Sts.
32°46′35.814″N 79°55′52.752″W / 32.77661500°N 79.93132000°W / 32.77661500; -79.93132000 (Charleston County Courthouse) 		1790-92 built
HABS-doc'd 		[17]
Alexander Robert Chisholm House 6 Montague St.
32°46′56″N 79°56′19″W / 32.78219°N 79.93852°W / 32.78219; -79.93852 (Alexander Robert Chisholm House) 		HABS-doc'd[18]
College of Charleston's Randolph Hall 66 George St.
32°47′02″N 79°56′15″W / 32.78402°N 79.93740°W / 32.78402; -79.93740 (College of Charleston's Randolph Hall) 		HABS-doc'd[19]
County Records Building, aka "Fireproof Building" 100 Meeting St. at Chalmers St.
32°46′38″N 79°55′51″W / 32.77720°N 79.93091°W / 32.77720; -79.93091 (County Records Building - Fireproof Building) 		1822–27 built
NRHP 1969
NHL 1973
HABS-doc'd[20] 		Earliest "Fireproof Building" in the United States, designed by Robert Mills, now the South Carolina Historical Society.
Exchange Building and Custom House 122-26 East Bay St.
32°46′37″N 79°55′37″W / 32.77690°N 79.92688°W / 32.77690; -79.92688 (Exchange Building and Custom House) 		1973 NHL
HABS-doc'd[21] 		Now a museum
Farmers' and Exchange Bank 141 E. Bay St.
32°46′39.5″N 79°55′38″W / 32.777639°N 79.92722°W / 32.777639; -79.92722 (Farmers and Exchange Bank) 		1854 built
NRHP 1983
NHL 1983
HABS-doc'd
Gate, 96 Ashley Ave. 96 Ashley Ave.
32°46′47″N 79°56′37″W / 32.77982°N 79.94349°W / 32.77982; -79.94349 (Gate, 96 Ashley Ave.) 		HABS-doc'd[22] In 2021 Google Streetview imagery, the wrought-iron fence appears intact but the gate has been removed.[23]
Glebe House, aka St. Philip's Parsonage House aka Bishop Robert Smith House[24] 6 Glebe St.
32°46′56″N 79°56′11″W / 32.78211°N 79.93634°W / 32.78211; -79.93634 (6 Glebe St.) 		HABS-doc'd "A fine eighteenth-century mansion which was the home of the first Episcopal Bishop of South Carolina, and nucleus of the College of Charleston."[25][26] Now "President's House"?
Glebe Street Presbyterian Church, now the Mount Zion AME Methodist Church 7 Glebe St.
32°46′56″N 79°56′13″W / 32.78222°N 79.93693°W / 32.78222; -79.93693 (Glebe Street Presbyterian Church - Mount Zion AME Methodist Church) 		HABS-doc'd[27]
Dr. Joseph Glover House 81 Rutledge Avenue
32°46′48″N 79°56′31″W / 32.77989°N 79.94205°W / 32.77989; -79.94205 (Dr. Joseph Glover House) 		HABS-doc'd[28]
Harvey-Lining House and Pharmacy Broad St. at King St.
32°46′35″N 79°55′58″W / 32.77644°N 79.93287°W / 32.77644; -79.93287 (Harvey-Lining House & Pharmacy) 		HABS-doc'd[29]
Hibernian Hall (Charleston, South Carolina) 105 Meeting St.
32°46′38″N 79°55′54″W / 32.77722°N 79.93167°W / 32.77722; -79.93167 (Hibernian Hall) 		HABS-doc'd
Kings Courtyard Inn 198 King Street
32°46′47″N 79°55′58″W / 32.7796°N 79.9329°W / 32.7796; -79.9329 (Kings Courtyard Inn) 		1833 built Now a boutique hotel, its building was designed by architect Francis D. Lee mainly in Greek Revival style but with elements of Egyptian Revival.
T. B. Seabrook House 95 Rutledge Avenue
32°46′51″N 79°56′33″W / 32.78076°N 79.94252°W / 32.78076; -79.94252 (T. B. Seabrook House) 		HABS-doc'd[30]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Stockton, Robert P.; Mrs. S. Henry Edmunds (November 4, 1977). "Old and Historic Charleston (Extended)" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. National Park Service. Retrieved May 25, 2012.
  2. ^ "Charleston Historic District". Photographs. National Park Service. Retrieved May 25, 2012.
  3. ^ "Charleston Historic District". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on October 23, 2007. Retrieved March 18, 2008.
  4. ^ "The Old and Historic Charleston District". Retrieved December 16, 2020.
  5. ^ NARA collection of documents associated with Charleston Historic District. NARA. Retrieved September 8, 2022. 347 pages Downloading may be slow.
  6. ^ "17 Chalmers Street (House), Charleston, Charleston County, SC". Library of Congress. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
  7. ^ "59 Smith Street (House), Charleston, Charleston County, SC". Library of Congress. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
  8. ^ "74 Rutledge Avenue (House), Charleston, Charleston County, SC". Library of Congress. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
  9. ^ "Chamber of Commerce, 50 Broad Street, Charleston, Charleston County, SC". Library of Congress. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
  10. ^ "Bank of the United States, 80 Broad Street, Charleston, Charleston County, SC". Library of Congress. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
  11. ^ "William Blacklock Carriage House, 18 Bull Street, Charleston, Charleston County, SC". Library of Congress. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
  12. ^ William Blacklock Gazebo, 18 Bull Street, Charleston, Charleston County, SC, at Library of Congress
  13. ^ HABS data pages: William Blacklock Gazebo. 1962
  14. ^ "Daniel Blake Tenement, 6-8 (2-4) Courthouse Square, Charleston, Charleston County, SC". Library of Congress. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
  15. ^ "Major Peter Bocquet, Jr. House, 95 Broad Street, Charleston, Charleston County, SC". Library of Congress. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
  16. ^ Amelia Whaley (March 25, 2019). "Diary of a Charleston Tour Guide: 95 Broad Street - Peter Bocquet House".
  17. ^ "Charleston County Courthouse, 82-86 Broad Street, Charleston, Charleston County, SC Photos from Survey HABS SC-131". Library of Congress. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
  18. ^ "Alexander Robert Chisholm House, 6 Montague Street, Charleston, Charleston County, SC Photos from Survey HABS SC-260". Library of Congress. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
  19. ^ "College of Charleston, 66 George Street, Charleston, Charleston County, SC". Library of Congress. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
  20. ^ "HABS SC,10-CHAR,64- (sheet 0 of 7) - County Records Building, 100 Meeting Street (at Chalmers Street), Charleston, Charleston County, SC Drawings from Survey HABS SC-13-2". Library of Congress. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
  21. ^ "Exchange Building and Custom House, 122-26 East Bay St., Charleston, Charleston County, SC". Library of Congress. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
  22. ^ "Gate, 96 Ashley Avenue, Charleston, Charleston County, SC". Library of Congress. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
  23. ^ Google Streetview imagery of December 2021, accessed September 9, 2022.
  24. ^ Historic Charleston Foundation: 6 Glebe Street (St. Philip's Parsonage House/Bishop Robert Smith House)
  25. ^ HABS data pages: Glebe House
  26. ^ Glebe House, at Library of Congress, 21 photos from HABS
  27. ^ "Glebe Street Presbyterian Church, 7 Glebe Street, Charleston, Charleston County, SC". Library of Congress. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
  28. ^ "Dr. Joseph Glover House, 81 Rutledge Avenue, Charleston, Charleston County, SC". Library of Congress. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
  29. ^ "Harvey-Lining House & Pharmacy, Broad & Kings Streets, Charleston, Charleston County, SC". Library of Congress. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
  30. ^ "T. B. Seabrook House, 95 Rutledge Avenue, Charleston, Charleston County, SC". Library of Congress. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.