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CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – The City of Charleston is offering free parking for a limited time so visitors and residents can enjoy seasonal shopping downtown. Beginning Nov. 29 until Dec. 31 ...
Location: Bounded by Lodge Alley and Cumberland, East Bay, and State Streets Charleston, South Carolina United States: Coordinates: Area: 1.8 acres (0.73 ha) Built: 1850: NRHP reference No. 73001682 [1] Added to NRHP: September 19, 1973
The Charleston Historic District, alternatively known as Charleston Old and Historic District, is a National Historic Landmark District in Charleston, South Carolina. [2] [4] The district, which covers most of the historic peninsular heart of the city, contains an unparalleled collection of 18th and 19th-century architecture, including many distinctive Charleston "single houses".
Their objections prevented city officials from paving the park as a parking lot in the 1940s and in 1956 [5] [6] and also prevented its development as a shopping center. [7] It is operated as a public park under a lease by the city of Charleston. Under the terms of the lease, the center of the square is kept open as a parade ground. [8]
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The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map. [ 1 ] There are 207 properties and districts listed on the National Register in Charleston County , including 43 National Historic Landmarks .
Pull-A-Part Auto Parts, All Good Books – 5 Points, Taneyhill’s Group Therapy, CB 18 / Breakers Live, and the Five Points Association’s meters are located throughout Five Points.
The area entered a long period of decline, capped in June 1955 by a fire at a steamship terminal at the site. By 1980, the site was an "overgrown area marred by charred pilings and gravel parking lots." [2] Mayor Joseph P. Riley Jr. began making plans for a park on the site soon after taking office in 1975. Acquisition of land began in 1979 ...