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  2. History of Charleston, South Carolina - Wikipedia

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    The history of Charleston, South Carolina, is one of the longest and most diverse of any community in the United States, spanning hundreds of years of physical settlement beginning in 1670. Charleston was one of leading cities in the South from the colonial era to the Civil War in the 1860s.

  3. Timeline of Charleston, South Carolina - Wikipedia

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    1849 – South Carolina Institute for the Promotion of Art, Mechanical Ingenuity, and Industry organized; annual Fair begins. [35] [36] 1850 Magnolia Cemetery built. Roper Hospital established. [37] Population: 42,985. [20] 1852 – Museum founded by the College of Charleston. [15] Sketches made in Charleston, South Carolina by artist Eyre ...

  4. Charleston, South Carolina - Wikipedia

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    Charleston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, [9] and the principal city in the Charleston metropolitan area. [ b ] The city lies just south of the geographical midpoint of South Carolina's coastline on Charleston Harbor , an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean formed by the confluence ...

  5. Charleston Historic District - Wikipedia

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    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".

  6. National Register of Historic Places listings in Charleston ...

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    Location of Charleston in South Carolina. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Charleston, South Carolina.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Charleston, South Carolina, United States.

  7. William Aiken House and Associated Railroad Structures

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    The historic district has three distinct sections. The main section is bounded by Mary, King, Meeting, and John Streets, north of Charleston's historic downtown area, and includes the Aiken House, surviving elements of the main railroad depot, and associated warehouses.

  8. Edward Rutledge House - Wikipedia

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    The Edward Rutledge House, also known as the Carter-May House and now The Governor's House Inn, is a historic house at 117 Broad Street in Charleston, South Carolina. This 18th-century house was the home of Founding Father Edward Rutledge (1749–1800), a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence and later Governor of South Carolina.

  9. The Story of Charleston, as Told Through an Oyster and Okra Gumbo

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    "The springtime, it's very short in Charleston," said Lata. "So asparagus, little baby lettuces, and radishes, all the things that come up in the springtime are here and gone so fast.