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An area roughly bounded by Broad, Bay, S. Battery, and Ashley, and an area along Church bounded by Cumberland and Chalmers; also an area roughly bounded by Calhoun, Archdale, Cumberland, E. Battery, Broad, and Gadsden, and an area along Anson St.; also incorporating most of the area south of Bee, Morris, and Mary Sts. to the waterfront; also ...
In 2020, the home officially returned to its original name, the Williams Mansion. The owner stated he wished to avoid any implication that John C. Calhoun lived in the home. [11] The change came shortly after the nearby John C. Calhoun Monument was removed from Marion Square due to the monument's connection to white supremacy.
In this 1892 photograph of Marion Square, the original version of the Calhoun Memorial can be seen. The square is the home to many monuments, including a Holocaust memorial, an obelisk dedicated to Wade Hampton, and a statue of John C. Calhoun in cast bronze atop a giant pillar. [11] The Calhoun monument is the second such structure in the square.
This and other post-Civil War black churches were built on the north side of Calhoun Street. [22] Blacks were not welcome on the south side of what was known as Boundary Street when the church was built. [23] The building was designed by leading Charleston architect John Henry Devereux; the work was begun in the spring of 1891 and completed in ...
Soon after John C. Calhoun's death in 1850, the Ladies' Calhoun Monument Association (LCMA) was formed "to aid in the erection, in or near the City of Charleston, of a monument sacred to the memory of John C. Calhoun." [1] However, the campaign initially struggled with fundraising, facing issues including embezzlement and lack of preparedness. [2]
This building was originally built at 55 Pitt St. at the corner of Calhoun Street (then called Boundary Street) in 1797-1798 for the Bethel Methodist Church, a white-dominated congregation. It was a plan meeting house with a simple rectangular plan.
Cannon Park is a 2.7 acre public park located in peninsular Charleston, South Carolina. It is bound to the north by Calhoun St. and to the south by Bennett St. To the east and west are Rutledge Ave. and Ashley Ave. respectively.
The Historic Charleston Foundation relocated a few of the houses to save them from demolition. The double tenement at 85 Calhoun St. was left in place and restored by the Historic Charleston Foundation. [14] The house at 116 Anson St. was moved to an unknown location on Laurens St. in 1966. [15]