Th Powder Magazine, completed in 1713, is the oldest public building in South Carolina and likely the second oldest structure in Charleston. The ...
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Historic Camden
Historic Camden serves as a 107-acre historic park built upon the site of the 18th-century township of Camden. It features the magnificent ...
Kershaw-Cornwallis House
The Kershaw-Cornwallis house was reconstructed in 1977 on the home's original foundations in Historic Camden. Two hundred years earlier town founder ...
Colonial Dorchester
Fort Dorchester is part of the Colonial Dorchester State Historic Site in Summerville. The citadel was built in 1757 from tabby, the same oyster ...
Harbor Master’s House
This frame house in the Fort Johnson complex of James Island goes by many names because it has served several roles since it was built in 1922. Fort ...
Dead House
This small brick building within the Historic Officers' Quarters District of the former Charleston Navy Base may be the oldest structure in the city, ...
Admiral’s House
This Neo-Classical manse, locally known as the Admiral's House, stands at the former Navy Base in North Charleston. It was built in 1905 for the ...
Fort Moultrie
Fort Moultrie on Sullivan's Island was still under construction - using mostly slave labor - when it repelled the June 28, 1776 attack by Sir Henry ...
Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter, located at the entrance to the Charleston harbor, was built after the War of 1812 as one of a series of forts protecting the southern ...
Ashley River
The Ashley River winds through South Carolina's Lowcountry and eventually joins the Cooper River to form the Charleston Harbor. The blackwater river, ...