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Thomas Bee's House, Charleston, ca. 1730. The 1st-floor sitting room was the location of the original headquarters of Historic Charleston Foundation. Historic Charleston Foundation (HCF) was founded in 1947 to preserve and protect the integrity of the architectural, historical, and cultural heritage of Charleston, South Carolina, United
In 1931 the Society was instrumental in persuading Charleston City Council to pass the first zoning ordinance enacted to protect historic resources. The ordinance established the first Board of Architectural Review and designated a 138-acre (0.56 km 2) "Old and Historic District". The ordinance limited alterations to the exteriors of historic ...
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 Fireproof Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969, [1] and declared a National Historic Landmark in 1973. [2] [4] The building is currently the home of the South Carolina Historical Society. In 2016-17 the society completed a major renovation intended to modernize all systems, to provide a secure, climate ...
The South Carolina Historical Society is a private, non-profit organization founded in 1855 to preserve South Carolina's rich historical legacy. The SCHS is the state's oldest and largest private repository of books, letters, journals, maps, drawings, and photographs about South Carolina's history .
Proceedings of the South Carolina Historical Association; Hamer, Fritz P. (2005). 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 ...
The City Market is a historic market complex in downtown Charleston, South Carolina.Established in the 1790s, the market stretches for four city blocks from the architecturally-significant Market Hall, which faces Meeting Street, through a continuous series of one-story market sheds, the last of which terminates at East Bay Street.
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.