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McCrady's Tavern and Long Room is a historic tavern complex located in downtown Charleston, South Carolina. [3] Constructed in several phases in the second half of the 18th century, the tavern was a hub of social life in Charleston in the years following the American Revolution. The tavern's Long Room, completed in 1788, was used for theatrical ...
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 ...
The Charleston riot of 1919, of whites against blacks, was the worst violence in Charleston since the Civil War. The city became a national leader in the historic preservation movement, 1920 to 1940. The city council introduced the nation's first historic district zoning laws in 1931.
Introduction · Charleston's Cigar Factory Strike, 1945-1946 · Lowcountry Digital History Initiative The Surprising History of Guy Carawan's Civil-Rights Anthem, "We Shall Overcome" 1947 – Historic Charleston Foundation established.
Medway (Mount Holly, South Carolina) Mount Holly 1704–1705 House Main part of original house was actually built in 1686 Old St. Andrew's Parish Church: Charleston 1706 Church Oldest church building in South Carolina St. James Church (Goose Creek, South Carolina) Goose Creek 1708 Church Col. William Rhett House: 54 Hasell Street, Charleston ...
Joyful Blacks receive colored troops (with white officers) singing "John Brown's Body" as they led the U.S. Army into Charleston, South Carolina, in 1865. Charleston Harbor was also the site of the first successful submarine attack in history on February 17, 1864, when the H.L. Hunley made a night attack on the USS Housatonic. [8]
The district includes the summer homes of several leading James Island planters, the site of the American Civil War Battle of Secessionville, the unmarked grave of over 300 Union soldiers, and the remains of Fort Lamar, constructed about 1862. The houses include one Victorian and two antebellum Greek Revival residences. [2] [3]
The Miles Brewton House is a National Historic Landmark residential complex located in Charleston, South Carolina.It is one of the finest examples of a double house (a reference to the arrangement of four main rooms per floor, separated by a central stair hall) in Charleston, designed on principles articulated by Andrea Palladio.