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Charleston Navy Yard Officers' Quarters Historic District is a national historic district located at the former Charleston Naval Shipyard in North Charleston, South Carolina. It encompasses 24 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites, 1 contributing structure, and 1 contributing object.
Naval Health Clinic Charleston, located in the City of North Charleston, South Carolina U.S. Navy Ambulance Charleston Naval Hospital in 1922, North Charleston Charleston Naval Hospital aerial view July 7, 1949, North Charleston Naval Hospital Ground Breaking 14 February 1970, North Charleston Artist Conception of new Naval Hospital, North Charleston The Branch Medical Clinic NNPTC Navy ...
With the closure of the Naval Base and Charleston Naval Shipyard in 1996, Detyens, Inc. signed a long-term lease. With three dry docks, one floating dock, and six piers, Detyens Shipyards, Inc. is the largest commercial facility on the East Coast. Projects include military, commercial, and cruise ships.
The City of Charleston's Grounds Maintenance Division takes care of public green spaces. [2] The Charleston Parks Conservancy is a non-profit working to renovate and improve the city's parks. The Charleston Horticultural Society is active in promoting the quality of the city's gardens.
Paul Pritchard Shipyard, also known as State Shipyard, Rose's Shipyard, and Begbie & Manson's Shipyard, is a historic shipyard site located at Mount Pleasant, Charleston County, South Carolina. The shipyard was in operation as early as 1702, and was the site of an attack made during the French and Spanish invasion of 1706 .
Marshlands Plantation House, in Charleston, South Carolina, is an historic plantation house that was built in 1810 and listed in the National Register of Historic Places on March 30, 1973. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 -story Federal -style plantation home. [ 3 ]
Since the 1980s, the former shipyard facility is also occupied by several condominium communities as well as the Charleston Maritime Center (early-2000s). Two U.S. Coast Guard lightships built by Charleston Dry Dock & Machine Co., Frying Pan (LV-115) [ 7 ] and Chesapeake (LV-116) , survive as museum ships as of 2017.
Charleston Reborn: A Southern City, Its Navy Yard, and World War II. Charleston, SC: The History Press. ISBN 978-1540203618. Hart, Emma (2015). Building Charleston: Town and Society in the Eighteenth Century British Atlantic World (Reprint ed.). Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press. ISBN 978-1611176582.