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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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIB7_huguenot-church_Charleston-SC.html
TheFrench Protestant ChurchHuguenotOrganized about 1861First church built in 1867This buildingthe third on this sitewas erected in 1845[National Historic Landmark Plaque]:Huguenot Churchhas been designated aNational Historic Landmark This site pos…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIB6_st-philips-church_Charleston-SC.html
Here in the churchyard ofSt. Philip's are buriedCharles Pinckney(1757-1824)Signer of the UnitedStates Constitutionand author of the famous"Pinckney Draught"Governor of South CarolinaU.S. Senator & CongressmanMinister to SpainEdward Rutledge(1749-1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIB5_shepheards-tavern_Charleston-SC.html
[South Side]:On this site stood Shepheard's Tavern The birthplace of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of FreemasonryThe Mother Supreme Council of the WorldMay 31, 1801[West Side]:Founders of the Supreme Council Abraham AlexanderSovereign …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIB0_ancient-and-accepted-scottish-rite-of-freemasonry-solomons-lodge-no-1_Charleston-SC.html
On this site stood thebuilding in which the Supreme Council, 33?,Mother Council of the World,Ancient and Accepted Scottish Riteof Freemasonry, was foundedMay 31, 1801, A.D., corresponding toSivan 19, 5561, A.M.—————So…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIAO_the-society-of-the-cincinnati-of-the-state-of-south-carolina_Charleston-SC.html
On this site stood The City Tavern where on August 29, 1783, forty-three officers of the Continental Army residing in South Carolina met at the call of Major General William Moultrie to establish The Society of the Cincinnati in South Carolina. Th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIAL_the-grand-lodge-of-ancient-freemasons-of-south-carolina_Charleston-SC.html
Organized before August 18, 1737, this Grand Lodge met in Charles Shepheard's Tavern, an early meeting place of the colony, once located on this corner.
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