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Angel Oak is an exceptionally large Southern live oak (Quercus virginiana) located in Angel Oak Park on Johns Island near Charleston, South Carolina. The tree is estimated to be 400–500 years old. [1] It stands 66.5 ft (20 m) tall, measures 28 ft (8.5 m) in circumference, and produces shade that covers 17,200 square feet (1600 m 2).
The oak tree was utilized from the late 1760s until 1780, when it was burned down by British troops following the Siege of Charleston. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was the site where news of the United States Declaration of Independence was announced to Charleston citizens in 1776.
The Golden Isles Visitor’s Bureau has developed a day-long treasure hunt guide for finding the famous tree spirits. The tour guides visitors to 10 tree spirits in notable spots all over the ...
It is famous for its art galleries; it also has many restaurants and places of commerce as well as Charleston's Waterfront Park. Charleston's French Quarter is home to many fine historic buildings, among them, the Pink House Tavern, built around 1712, and the Old Slave Mart, built by Z.B. Oakes in 1859.
September 12, 1994 (Roughly along the Ashley River from just east of South Carolina Highway 165 to the Seaboard Coast Line railroad bridge: West Ashley: Extends into other parts of Charleston and into Dorchester counties; boundary increase (listed October 22, 2010): Northwest of Charleston between the northeast bank of the Ashley River and the Ashley-Stono Canal and east of Delmar Highway ...
Waterfront Park is an eight-acre (5 ha) park along approximately one-half mile of the Cooper River in Charleston, South Carolina. The park received the 2007 Landmark Award from the American Society of Landscape Architects and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. This award "recognizes a distinguished landscape architecture project ...
Leva Bonaparte owns King St.OK, not literally -- but the Southern Charm star's nightlife empire takes up ample space on the famous Charleston, South Carolina, strip. With four spots -- nightclub ...
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens (464 acres, 187.77 hectares) is a historic house with gardens located on the Ashley River at 3550 Ashley River Road west of Ashley, Charleston County, South Carolina. [2] [3] It is one of the oldest plantations in the South, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.