Self Directed Walking Tours of Charleston SC
(Aiken-Rhett House) The Governor William Aiken House is significant both in terms of its architecture and its history.
17 Judith St, Charleston, SC 29403, USA
The William Aiken House and Associated Railroad Structures are nationally significant for their role in the development of the railroad industry in the United States.
456 King St, Charleston, SC 29403, USA
The Andrew B. Murray Vocational School is historically significant as a representative example of school architecture in South Carolina.
3 Chisolm St, Charleston, SC 29401, USA
Ashley Hall Plantation, established in the early 1670s, is one of the earliest settlements on the Ashley River.
Ashley Hall Plantation Rd West Ashley, SC
Horse Island is one of 20 or more prehistoric shell rings located from the central coast of South Carolina to the central coast of Georgia.
Mt Pleasant, SC 29464, United States
Battery Cheves was built in 1863 and named for Capt. Langdon Cheves, Confederate engineer killed at Morris Island in 1863.
Ft. Johnson Estates, James Island
Erected in 1730, with an octagonal wing added about 1787, Fenwick Hall is the finest surviving example of an early Georgian two-story brick plantation house built on the Huguenot floor plan that was widely used in South Carolina plantation houses during the 18th century.
30 Fenwick Hall Allee, Johns Island, SC 29455, United States
The West Point Rice Mill is the only one of three antebellum commercial rice mills remaining on the Charleston peninsula.
17 Lockwood Dr #101, Charleston, SC 29401, United States
The William Enston Home, a complex constructed between the initial acquisition of the property in 1882 and 1933, is significant as an early example of benevolent and philanthropic efforts to provide housing for the elderly.
900 King St, Charleston, SC 29403, United States
Many rebellions and rumors of rebellions occurred throughout the South during the slavery period.
56 Bull St, Charleston, SC 29401, United States
The U.S.S. Yorktown (CV-10), the second of the Essex-class aircraft carriers to be built by the United States Navy, was constructed between 1941 and 1943 to Bureau of Ships specifications by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia.
40 Patriots Point Rd, Mt Pleasant, SC 29464, United States
The destroyer USS Laffey (Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer) was built to Bureau of Ships specifications at the Bath Iron Works, Maine, in 1943-1944.
40 Patriots Point Road, Mount Pleasant, SC 29464
The 1945-built Balao class submarine U.S.S. Clamagore (SS-343) is one of 132 Gato, Balao, and Tench class submarines built during World War II. Clamagore was a typical World War II fleet boat built as part of a major submarine construction program that followed the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Battery Thomson, constructed 1906-1909 by Captain G.P. Howell, is one of a series of batteries extending from Fort Moultrie on the west to the eastern end of Sullivan’s Island.
2050 Ion Ave Sullivan's Island, SC 29482, USA
Little Plantation; Ashwood Plantation) Windsor, a spacious house amid moss-hung trees on Russell Creek, was constructed ca.
Windsor Hill Blvd North Charleston, SC 29420, USA
Wilton; New London) Willtown was the second planned town to be established after the relocation of Charleston in 1682.
South Carolina 29449 USA
The Wilkinson-Boineau House is significant as an excellent example of an early nineteenth century Greek Revival secondary residence with minor twentieth century alterations.
5185 south carolina highway 174, adams run, SC 29426
Begun in 1772, the church was gothicized by Francis D. Lee between 1852 and 1854.
4 Archdale St, Charleston, SC 29401, United States
Both architecturally and historically, the United States Custom House is an outstanding public building.
200 E Bay St, Charleston, SC 29401, USA
Constructed ca. 1830, this two-and-one-half story Federal style house with Neo-Classical details was built by William Lucas, a wealthy rice planter.
McClellanville vicinity
Kiawah House) Built for James Stanyarne ca. 1770, the Vander Horst house is an impressive example of late 18th century coastal architecture in the state and is one of the oldest remaining plantation houses on Kiawah Island.
The Sullivan’s Island Coast Guard Station is the oldest extant life saving installment on the South Carolina Coast.
196 Tradd St, Charleston, SC 29401, United States
Charleston Cotton Mills Office) The Josiah Smith Tennent House is believed to have been built by Josiah Smith and Mary Ramsay Tennent circa 1859.
727 E Bay St, Charleston, SC 29403, United States
Erected in two stages, this brick and frame house is now subdivided into two separate residences.
32 Legare St, Charleston, SC 29401, United States
The Sullivan’s Island Historic District is located in the central-western portion of Sullivan’s Island. The area represents what had historically been the core residential and administrative areas of Fort Moultrie.
1712 Middle St, Sullivan's Island, South Carolina
Colonel John Stuart was appointed the King’s Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Southern District in 1762.
106 Tradd St, Charleston, South Carolina
The unnamed battery on Long Branch Creek was probably erected at the same time as nearby Battery Wilkes, 1862, although there is no specific documentation.
949 E Estates Blvd, Charleston, SC 29414, United States
By virtue of its location on the “Four Corners of the Law” the United States Post Office and Courthouse in Charleston is an important structure.
83 Broad St, Charleston, SC 29401, USA
The present church building is the third structure to house the oldest congregation in South Carolina (established 1681).
142 Church St, Charleston, SC 29401, USA
St. Michael’s Church graphically illustrates the great increase in wealth and power in the Southern American colonies by the middle of the eighteenth century.
84 Meeting St Charleston, South Carolina
St. Mary’s Church is considered the first established Roman Catholic Church in the Carolinas and Georgia. In 1789 trustees for the church purchased the property which it still occupies.
91 Hasell St, Charleston, SC 29401, USA
St. James’ Church, erected in 1768, is an excellent example of the effort made in the last third of the 18th century to give South Carolina’s small Georgian brick crossroad churches, with typical rectangular plans, a more sophisticated exterior design.
205 Oak St, McClellanville, SC 29458, USA
St. Andrews Parish Church) The present St. Andrews Episcopal Church building dates from 1764 and is cruciform in shape.
2540 Ashley River Rd Charleston, South Carolina
The James Sparrow House is significant as an excellent intact example of the late Federal architectural style as applied to the Charleston single house type and as an example of residential architecture in Cannonsborough, an early nineteenth-century Charleston suburb.
65 Cannon St, Charleston, SC 29403, USA
The Old Citadel) The Old Citadel, which dominates Marion Square in the center of historic Charleston, has three-fold significance: Historically, in its origin as a State Arsenal and stronghold, the building of which in the mid-1820s was prompted by Charleston’s abortive black insurrection of 1822, the Denmark Vesey Plot; Architecturally, because of the exceptional use of semicircular arches of great thickness, unembellished by any architrave moldings around the face, and supported on massive Doric columns, the arches enclosing the rectangular courtyard giving the interior a picturesque quality; Educationally, as the South Carolina Military Academy, liberal arts military college established in 1842 by the State Legislature.
339 Meeting St, Charleston, South Carolina 29403, USA
Bank of Charleston) One of the most important buildings on South Carolina’s oldest commercial street, the South Carolina National Bank building is an integral part of Charleston’s Historic District.
16 Broad St, Charleston, SC 29401, United States
Charles Towne Landing State Park) The settlement of Carolina was planned as a planting and trading province by the Lords Proprietor, and the success of the venture came about through the efforts of Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper, after a 1664 settlement on the Cape Fear had failed.
Old Town Plantation Rd Charleston, SC 29407, USA
Built ca. 1800 by Francis Simmons, this three-story house with raised basement is done in the Federal style.
19 Legare St, Charleston, SC 29401, USA
Goshen Plantation; Plainsfield) The Towles Farmstead is a relatively intact example of an agricultural complex including two early twentieth-century residences illustrating the changing architectural influences of the period, and is associated with the vegetable truck farm industry of Charleston, and with Frank E. and Frank J. Towles, the father and son who managed the farmstead for over seventy years.
4595 Towles Rd. and 4611 Towles Rd.
The Secessionville Historic District is a small rural settlement which visually reflects the development of Secessionville from a remote antebellum retreat into an important Civil War outpost and the eventual home of prominent James Island agriculturalists.
1174 Fort Lamar Rd Charleston, South Carolina
Townsend Mikell House) Sunnyside, constructed between 1870 and 1880 by Townsend Mikell, son of Isaac Jenkins Mikell of Peter’s Point Plantation, is significant as one of the few remaining, relatively intact, immediate post-Civil War sea island cotton plantations on .
Charleston, SC 29403, USA
Summit Plantation House was completed in 1819 for William and Amarinthia Wilkinson.
4539 Summit Plantation Rd Meggett, SC 29449, USA
Stiles Point Plantation) The Stiles-Hinson house is actually two houses built back to back.
Charleston, SC 29412, United States
John Rutledge, a signer of the Constitution and wartime Governor of South Carolina, 1779-1782, lived at 116 Broad Street from 1763 to 1800.
116 Broad St, Charleston, SC 29401, United States
Carter-May House) The Edward Rutledge House is significant as the residence in 1787 of Edward Rutledge, a signer of the Declaration of Independence for South Carolina, lawyer, politician, soldier, and governor of South Carolina.
117 Broad St, Charleston, SC 29401, United States
The Nathaniel Russell House is an excellent example of the Adam style of architecture.
51 Meeting St, Charleston, SC 29401, USA
Although considerably altered since its erection in 1735-1740, the Thomas Rose House is one of Charleston’s best specimens of colonial architecture.
62 Church St, Charleston, SC 29401, USA
The Roper House was the first to be constructed on the east Battery (ca. 1838) and its outsized colonnade was built not only to support the portico, but to be admired from across the harbor.
9 E Battery, Charleston, SC 29401, United States
Charles Pinckney National Historic Site) Snee Farm was purchased about 1754 by Colonel Charles Pinckney, a wealthy lawyer and planter.
1200 Club DrMt Pleasant, SC 29464, USA
Episcopal Church Home for Women) The William Robb House is significant for its association with William Robb, partner in the East Point Rice Mill, and with philanthropist William King McDowell.
12 Bee St, Charleston, SC 29403, USA
Known as the “Great Secessionist,” Robert Barnwell Rhett was one of the most effective and prominent of that circle of proslavery “fire-eating” radicals.
6 Thomas St, Charleston, SC 29403, United States
The Old Fort) Sewee Mound is one of 20 or more prehistoric shell rings located from the central coast of South Carolina to the central coast of Georgia.
Awendaw
The Progressive Club Sea Island Center is significant for its role as a Citizenship School and for its association with events and persons important in the Civil Rights Movement.
3383 State Rd S-10-91 Johns Island, South Carolina
Presqu’ile is among Charleston’s finest examples of Adam style architecture, featuring a distinct floor plan, and notable interior details.
2 Amherst St, Charleston, SC 29403, United States
The Powder Magazine is a visible reminder of the era of the Lord Proprietors and their founding government of the Carolinas, of the fortifications which protected the city and made Charleston one of three fortified cities on the eastern seaboard of British Colonial America.
79 Cumberland St, #3112, Charleston, SC 29401, United States
Locksley Hall) Seaside Plantation House is located in a rural agricultural setting on Edisto Island. It is the only brick Federal plantation house remaining on the island.
1605 Woodland Dr, Murrells Inlet, SC 29576, United States
The Seashore Farmers’ Lodge No. 767 (circa 1915) is significant as an illustration of the importance of fraternal orders in the cultural life of the lowcountry African American community in the early twentieth century.
NE corner jct. of Sol Legare & Old Sol Legare Rds
The Dr. John B. Patrick House is historically significant for its social and commercial values as well as its architectural style.
1820 Middle St, Sullivan's Island, South Carolina 29482, USA
Ryan’s Mart) The Old Slave Mart was originally a commercial building used for slave trading and other transactions from 1853 until the Civil War.
6 Chalmers St, Charleston, SC 29401, United States
Robert Mills, the well-known federal architect, created a structure of charm and delicacy in Charleston’s Marine Hospital.
20 Franklin St, Charleston, SC 29401, United States
Old Berkeley County Courthouse) Significant as one of the few examples of Victorian commercial architecture in the Mount Pleasant area and politically significant as county seat for Berkeley from 1884 to 1898.
331 King St, Mt Pleasant, SC 29464 USA
Begun in 1797 and completed in 1809, Old Bethel Methodist Church is the oldest Methodist church building still standing in Charleston.
222 Calhoun St, Charleston, SC 29401, United States
S.C. Hwy. 700 Rockville vicinity
Rockville, one of Charleston County’s oldest surviving summer resorts (ca. 1824), is important architecturally, agriculturally, militarily and in the areas of transportation and recreation.
Wadmalaw Island, SC 29487, United States
Ashley Hall School) Constructed ca. 1816, Ashley Hall was once the home of wealthy Charleston merchants.
172 Rutledge Ave, Charleston, SC 29403, United States
The Porter Military Academy property has served as an early burial ground, a United States Arsenal, a Confederate munitions foundry and weapons factory, a chapel, a school classroom building, and a school library.
339 Meeting St, Charleston, SC 29403, USA
Charleston Main Light) The Morris Island Lighthouse is significant for its role in marking Charleston’s channel, as a good example of later nineteenth century lighthouse design, and as a local landmark.
1750 E Ashley Ave, Folly Beach, SC 29439, United States
Clark Mills (1815-1883) was a self-taught sculptor who succeeded in creating the first equestrian statue cast in the United States (1852).
53 Broad St, Charleston, SC 29401, USA
Chisolm’s Plantation; The Launch) Susan Chisolm inherited the plantation from her father Dr. Robert Trail Chisholm around 1800.
4300 Ashley River Rd, Charleston, SC 29414, United States
Constructed in 1858 by William McLeod, McLeod Plantation has remained in the family since it was built and is still a functioning agricultural enterprise.
1624 Country Club Dr Charleston, South Carolina
Eude’s Tavern) The Long Room of McCrady’s Tavern is an increasingly rare architectural and functional structure.
155 E Bay St, Charleston, South Carolina SC 29401, USA
Youghall Hall Plantation) Oakland Plantation, a clapboard structure with a gambrel roof, is thought to have been built ca. 1750.
1164 Porchers Bluff Rd, Mount Pleasant, SC 29466
Architecturally, the Marshlands house is a valuable example of a plantation home built during the Federal period.
365 Fort Johnson Rd Charleston, SC 29412, USA
The Market) The Market Hall is considered one of Charleston’s best examples of the Greek Revival style.
188 Meeting St, Charleston, SC 29401, United States
One of the finest examples of the Adam style in America, the Joseph Manigault house reflects the architect’s taste for the classic style.
350 Meeting St, Charleston, SC 29403, USA
Magnolia-on-the-Ashley) Magnolia Gardens, which consists of 390 of the original 1,872 acres, has a long heritage that dates back as far as 1672 when Morris Mathews, one of the first settlers to arrive in the province, received a warrant for 750 acres of land which eventually became part of the Drayton estate and Magnolia Gardens.
3550 Ashley River Rd, Charleston, SC 29414, United States
Magnolia Cemetery, a large public cemetery, covers approximately 92 acres and contains the graves of numerous prominent South Carolinians.
70 Cunnington Ave Charleston, SC 29405, USA
The Jonathan Lucas House, built between 1803 and 1809, is an excellent example of the Adamesque style of architecture.
291 Calhoun St, Charleston, South Carolina 29403, USA
The Grove; Grove Farm) Built ca. 1786, Lowndes Grove is a one and one-half story frame structure set upon a raised stucco-over-brick basement.
266 St, Margaret St, Charleston, SC 29403, United States
Moving Star Hall, built ca. 1917, is significant as the only remaining praise house of the South Carolina Sea Islands that has been identified.
Johns Island, SC 29455
Mount Pleasant, oldest summer resort in Charleston County, is located in Christ Church Parish, formerly a district of prosperous plantations.
200 Bank St Mt Pleasant, SC 29464, USA
The Moultrieville Historic District is a relatively small collection of “island houses” that are located on the west end of Sullivan’s Island.
1101 Osceola Ave and 1010 Osceola Ave Sullivan's Island, SC 29482, USA
Beth Elohim Synagogue) Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim possesses national significance as the birthplace, in 1824, of Reform Judaism in America.
90 Hasell St, Charleston, SC 29401, United States
The McClellanville Historic District contains a collection of approximately 105 residential, commercial, religious and educational properties dating from ca. 1860 to ca. 1935.
McClellanville Historic District McClellanville, SC 29458, USA
The Lucas Family Cemetery is significant as an excellent example of a plantation graveyard of a prominent local family and for its significance in gravestone art and landscape architecture.
Ellen Ave Mt Pleasant
Completed in 1845, the Huguenot Church was the first Gothic Revival building built in Charleston.
136 Church Street Charleston, SC 29401, United States
The Long Point Plantation is significant primarily because of its historical and archaeological research potential.
Hibernian Hall is the only extant and authentic building significantly associated with the Democratic Convention of 1860 at Charleston – one of the most critical political assemblies in the Nation’s history.
105 Meeting St, Charleston, SC 29401
The Heyward-Washington House is a very fine three-story brick Charleston “double house” which commemorates the residence of Thomas Heyward, Jr., one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.
86 Church St, Charleston, South Carolina 29405, USA
Harrietta Plantation, built ca. 1807, accurately represents the lifestyle of 19th century rice planters in South Carolina’s coastal region.
McClellanville, SC 29458, United States
The King Cemetery is a good example of the distinctive, regionally important type of African American cemetery found in the lowcountry of South Carolina.
near, Adams Run, SC 29426, United States
(Hampton Plantation State Park) Hampton, erected in 1735, greatly enlarged after 1757, and with final additions made in 1790-91, is an excellent example of a modest sized frame structure that evolved through organic growth into a large, unified Georgian frame country house.
State Rd S-10-857 McClellanville, South Carolina
Originally called John’s Island and Wadmalaw Church, the name was shorted to John’s Island Presbyterian Church in 1925.
2550 Bohicket Rd, Johns Island, SC 29455, United States
H.L. Hunley was the first submarine to sink an enemy warship in combat.
1253 Supply St, North Charleston, South Carolina 29405, USA
The historical significance of the DuBose Heyward House rests primarily on his novel, Porgy, which inspired the famed folk opera Porgy and Bess.
76 Church St, Charleston, SC 29401, United States
The Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity is significant as an excellent mid-twentieth century example of the Byzantine Revival style of ecclesiastical architecture designed by prominent South Carolina architect Harold Tatum, and also for its outstanding examples of Byzantine iconography designed by Photios Kontoglou, the most renowned iconographer of the twentieth century.
30 Race St Charleston, SC 29403, USA
The William Gibbes House, built sometime shortly after 1772, and redecorated in 1794, is one of the finest two-story frame residences in America.
63 S Battery Charleston, SC 29401, USA
Hampton Park Terrace Historic District is a planned residential subdivision on the northwest side of the peninsular city of Charleston.
Charleston, SC USA
Perhaps no area in America embraces the evolution of harbor fortifications as well as Fort Sumter National Monument, which includes both Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie.
1214 Middle St, Sullivan's Island, SC 29482 USA
Frogmore Plantation was constructed ca. 1820 by Dr. Edward Mitchell of Waccamaw, when he married Elizabeth Baynard of Edisto Island.
South Carolina 29920, USA
The Fort Moultrie Quartermaster and Support Facilities Historic District is a relatively small collection of buildings located on the western end of Sullivan’s Island.
1214 Middle St, Sullivan's Island, SC 29482, United States
(Battery Trenholm) Fort Trenholm was built in late 1864 and named for George A. Trenholm, a Charleston cotton factor, blockade runner, and secretary of the treasury for the Confederacy.
Charleston, SC 29401, United States
(Battery Pringle) Fort Pringle was constructed in 1863 by General P.G.T. Beauregard as part of the James Island Siege Line.
South Carolina 29405