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.

Battery Cheves was built in 1863 and named for Capt. Langdon Cheves, Confederate engineer killed at Morris Island in 1863.

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.

The West Point Rice Mill is the only one of three antebellum commercial rice mills remaining on the Charleston peninsula.

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.

Many rebellions and rumors of rebellions occurred throughout the South during the slavery period.

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.

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.

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.

Little Plantation; Ashwood Plantation) Windsor, a spacious house amid moss-hung trees on Russell Creek, was constructed ca.

Wilton; New London) Willtown was the second planned town to be established after the relocation of Charleston in 1682.

The Wilkinson-Boineau House is significant as an excellent example of an early nineteenth century Greek Revival secondary residence with minor twentieth century alterations.

Begun in 1772, the church was gothicized by Francis D. Lee between 1852 and 1854.

Both architecturally and historically, the United States Custom House is an outstanding public building.

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.

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.

Charleston Cotton Mills Office) The Josiah Smith Tennent House is believed to have been built by Josiah Smith and Mary Ramsay Tennent circa 1859.

Erected in two stages, this brick and frame house is now subdivided into two separate residences.

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.

Colonel John Stuart was appointed the King’s Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Southern District in 1762.

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.

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.

The present church building is the third structure to house the oldest congregation in South Carolina (established 1681).

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.

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.

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.

St. Andrews Parish Church) The present St. Andrews Episcopal Church building dates from 1764 and is cruciform in shape.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Built ca. 1800 by Francis Simmons, this three-story house with raised basement is done in the Federal style.

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.

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.

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 .

Summit Plantation House was completed in 1819 for William and Amarinthia Wilkinson.

Stiles Point Plantation) The Stiles-Hinson house is actually two houses built back to back.

John Rutledge, a signer of the Constitution and wartime Governor of South Carolina, 1779-1782, lived at 116 Broad Street from 1763 to 1800.

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.

The Nathaniel Russell House is an excellent example of the Adam style of architecture.

Although considerably altered since its erection in 1735-1740, the Thomas Rose House is one of Charleston’s best specimens of colonial architecture.

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.

Charles Pinckney National Historic Site) Snee Farm was purchased about 1754 by Colonel Charles Pinckney, a wealthy lawyer and planter.

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.

Known as the “Great Secessionist,” Robert Barnwell Rhett was one of the most effective and prominent of that circle of proslavery “fire-eating” radicals.

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.

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.

Presqu’ile is among Charleston’s finest examples of Adam style architecture, featuring a distinct floor plan, and notable interior details.

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.

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.

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.

The Dr. John B. Patrick House is historically significant for its social and commercial values as well as its architectural style.

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.

Robert Mills, the well-known federal architect, created a structure of charm and delicacy in Charleston’s Marine Hospital.

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.

Begun in 1797 and completed in 1809, Old Bethel Methodist Church is the oldest Methodist church building still standing in Charleston.

Begun in 1797 and completed in 1809, Old Bethel Methodist Church is the oldest Methodist church building still standing in Charleston.

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.

Ashley Hall School) Constructed ca. 1816, Ashley Hall was once the home of wealthy Charleston merchants.

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.

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.

Clark Mills (1815-1883) was a self-taught sculptor who succeeded in creating the first equestrian statue cast in the United States (1852).

Chisolm’s Plantation; The Launch) Susan Chisolm inherited the plantation from her father Dr. Robert Trail Chisholm around 1800.

Constructed in 1858 by William McLeod, McLeod Plantation has remained in the family since it was built and is still a functioning agricultural enterprise.

Eude’s Tavern) The Long Room of McCrady’s Tavern is an increasingly rare architectural and functional structure.

Youghall Hall Plantation) Oakland Plantation, a clapboard structure with a gambrel roof, is thought to have been built ca. 1750.

Architecturally, the Marshlands house is a valuable example of a plantation home built during the Federal period.

The Market) The Market Hall is considered one of Charleston’s best examples of the Greek Revival style.

One of the finest examples of the Adam style in America, the Joseph Manigault house reflects the architect’s taste for the classic style.

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.

Magnolia Cemetery, a large public cemetery, covers approximately 92 acres and contains the graves of numerous prominent South Carolinians.

The Jonathan Lucas House, built between 1803 and 1809, is an excellent example of the Adamesque style of architecture.

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.

Moving Star Hall, built ca. 1917, is significant as the only remaining praise house of the South Carolina Sea Islands that has been identified.

Mount Pleasant, oldest summer resort in Charleston County, is located in Christ Church Parish, formerly a district of prosperous plantations.

The Moultrieville Historic District is a relatively small collection of “island houses” that are located on the west end of Sullivan’s Island.

Beth Elohim Synagogue) Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim possesses national significance as the birthplace, in 1824, of Reform Judaism in America.

The McClellanville Historic District contains a collection of approximately 105 residential, commercial, religious and educational properties dating from ca. 1860 to ca. 1935.

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.

Completed in 1845, the Huguenot Church was the first Gothic Revival building built in Charleston.

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.

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.

Harrietta Plantation, built ca. 1807, accurately represents the lifestyle of 19th century rice planters in South Carolina’s coastal region.

The King Cemetery is a good example of the distinctive, regionally important type of African American cemetery found in the lowcountry of South Carolina.

(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.

Originally called John’s Island and Wadmalaw Church, the name was shorted to John’s Island Presbyterian Church in 1925.

H.L. Hunley was the first submarine to sink an enemy warship in combat.

The historical significance of the DuBose Heyward House rests primarily on his novel, Porgy, which inspired the famed folk opera Porgy and Bess.

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.

The William Gibbes House, built sometime shortly after 1772, and redecorated in 1794, is one of the finest two-story frame residences in America.

Hampton Park Terrace Historic District is a planned residential subdivision on the northwest side of the peninsular city of Charleston.

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.

Frogmore Plantation was constructed ca. 1820 by Dr. Edward Mitchell of Waccamaw, when he married Elizabeth Baynard of Edisto Island.

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.

(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.

(Battery Pringle) Fort Pringle was constructed in 1863 by General P.G.T. Beauregard as part of the James Island Siege Line.