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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK0M_the-old-exchange_Charleston-SC.html
Commissioned in 1767by Act ofThe General Assembly ofThe British Colony of South CarolinaCompleted in 1771Deeded in 1917by The United States Congressto the South Carolina State SocietyNational SocietyDaughters of the American Revolutionto be held i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJZR_the-first-shot-of-the-war-of-secession_Charleston-SC.html
1861 - 1961 At half past four on the morningof April 12, 1861, from a mortar nearthis spot on Fort Johnson, the firstshot of the War of Secession was fired,by order of Captain George S. James ofthe Confederate States Army.
The shell exploded a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJUT_battery-cheves_Charleston-SC.html
(Front text) This four-gun Confederate artillery battery was one of several earthworks built on the southeastern shore of James Island in the summer of 1863. Built between Battery Simkins and Battery Haskell, this battery was named for Capt. Langd…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJQ2_riversville-battle-of-secessionville_Charleston-SC.html
(Front text) RiversvilleRiversville, an antebellum village of fourteen acres, with seven lots on Savannah (later Secessionville) Creek, was established here in 1851 by Constant H. Rivers (1829-1910), who believed that the sandy soils and marsh bre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJPH_secessionville_Charleston-SC.html
The Battle of Secessionville, fought here on 16 June 1862, broke the Union advance through James Island against Charleston and was the most significant battle of the Civil War in South Carolina.
Confederate troops under Col. Thomas G. Lamar de…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIBN_trotts-cottage_Charleston-SC.html
Located within the walled city of Colonial Charles Towne, Trott's Cottage is one of the few remaining pre-Revolutionary structures.
Judge Nicholas Trott (1663-1740) owned the property prior to 1709. Judge Trott, born in England, came to America…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIBL_the-old-powder-magazine_Charleston-SC.html
The Old Powder Magazineis the only public building remaining from the era of the Lords Proprietors, the eight English aristocrats who owned Carolina from 1670 to 1719.Charles Town, as the capital and southernmost English settlement on the continen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIBA_the-footlight-players-workshop_Charleston-SC.html
The building at 20 Queen Street was built circa 1840 for use as a cotton warehouse. It is considered a notable example of vernacular warehouse architecture in Charleston, influenced by Roman Revival and West Indian architecture. In 1934, the build…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIB9_johnsons-row_Charleston-SC.html
These notable stuccoed brick tenements were constructed as rental property in 1803 by the William Johnson family.William Johnson, Sr., originally from New York, was a blacksmith and planter revered at his death as a patriot having served in the Co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIB8_the-douxsaint-house_Charleston-SC.html
This property, a part of one of theoriginal town lots in the Grand Modelof Charles Towne was bought byPaul Douxsaint, merchant, planter, andFrench Huguenot immigrant, in 1725.
The Charleston single house of Frenchtype construction appears to ha…