South Carolina - Charleston County - Vacant / Not In Use
Charleston County South Carolina (Vacant / Not In Use) has 23 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 8 places of National significance and 8 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Brick House Ruin, Charleston Navy Yard Historic District, Charleston Navy Yard Officers' Quarters Historic District, Charleston's French Quarter District and Hampton Plantation.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Late Archiac and Early Woodland dating back to 2499 BC.

Many famous people are associated with these Charleston County historic places including Esau Jenkins, Thomas Pinckney, Arnoldus Vander Horst, William Robb and Josiah Smith Tennent.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Charleston County places including Esakia Jones, Winslow Lewis and Capt. G. P. Howell. Prominent architectural styles found in Charleston Country are Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Georgian and Greek Revival.

Battery Gadsden (added 1974 - - #74001842)
2017 Ion Ave. , Sullivan's Island
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Howell,Capt. G. P.
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Military, Engineering
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Defense
Historic Sub-function:
Fortification
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Blake Tenements (added 1970 - - #70000572)
2--4 Courthouse Sq. , Charleston
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Brick House Ruin (added 1970 - - #70000580)
Also known as Brick House Ruins,Edisto Island
S of Edisto Island , Edisto Island
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other, Colonial
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1700-1749
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Cape Romain Lighthouses (added 1981 - - #81000563)
SE of McClellanville on Lighthouse Island , McClellanville
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Lewis,Winslow
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Engineering
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Water-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Charleston Navy Yard Historic District (added 2006 - - #06000699)
Also known as Charleston Naval Shipyard;Charleston Navy Base, Naval Base Charleston
Roughly bounded by First St., Hobson Ave., Avenue D, Fourth and Fifth Sts., and the drydocks bet. First and Thirteenth S, North Charleston
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
multiple
Architectural Style:
Modern Movement, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
Area of Significance:
Military, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private, State, Local, Federal
Historic Function:
Defense
Historic Sub-function:
Naval Facility
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Education, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Business, College, Energy Facility, Manufacturing Facility, Warehouse, Water-Related
Charleston Navy Yard Officers' Quarters Historic District (added 2007 - - #07000100)
Turnbull Ave., Everglades Dr., Navy Way, and portions of Hobson Ave. and Blackstop Dr. , North Charleston
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Prairie School
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Landscape Architecture, Architecture, Military, Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Defense, Domestic, Landscape, Recreation And Culture, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Garden, Institutional Housing, Naval Facility, Park, Road-Related, Secondary Structure, Sport Facility
Current Function:
Domestic, Landscape, Recreation And Culture, Transportation, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Garden, Multiple Dwelling, Park, Pedestrian Related, Road-Related, Single Dwelling, Sport Facility
Charleston's French Quarter District (added 1973 - - #73001682)
Also known as Lodge Alley;Simmons Alley
Bounded by Lodge Alley and Cumberland, E. Bay, and State Sts. , Charleston
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture, Commerce, Social History
Period of Significance:
1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Warehouse
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Vacant/Not In Use
Fairfield Plantation (added 1974 - - #74001838)
N of McClellanville , McClellanville
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Person
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Georgian
Historic Person:
Pinckney,Thomas,et al.
Significant Year:
1766, 1730
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Agriculture, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Frogmore (added 1987 - - #86003203)
S of Pine Landing Rd. near intersection of SC 174 and Laurel Hill Rd. , Edisto Island
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Agriculture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Hampton Plantation (added 1970 - - #70000582)
Also known as Hampton Plantation House
8 mi. N of McClellanville , McClellanville
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Georgian
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Lighthouse Point Shell Ring (38CH12) (added 1990 - - #90001505)
Also known as Parrot's Point Shell Ring;SoC 141
Address Restricted , Charleston
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Late Archiac, Early Woodland
Period of Significance:
2000-2499 BC, 1500-1999 BC, 1000-1499 BC
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Unknown
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Morris Island Lighthouse (added 1982 - - #82003837)
Also known as Charleston Main Light
6 mi. SE of Charleston , Charleston
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Engineering, Social History
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Water-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Moving Star Hall (added 1982 - - #82003843)
River Rd. , John's Islands
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Black, Entertainment/Recreation, Social History, Religion
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Meeting Hall, Religious Structure
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Old Courthouse (added 1971 - - #71000760)
331 King St. , Mount Pleasant
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
Courthouse
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Peter's Point Plantation (added 1973 - - #73001699)
SW of Edisto Island off SC 174 on CR 764 , Edisto Island
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Landscape Architecture
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Point of Pines Plantation Slave Cabin (added 1986 - - #86003213)
Point of Pines Rd. , Edisto Island
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Black, Agriculture, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Pritchard, Paul, Shipyard (added 1974 - - #74001839)
Also known as State Shipyard;Rose's Shipyard;Begbie and Mason's Shipyard
Address Restricted , Mount Pleasant
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Event
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Military, Commerce
Cultural Affiliation:
English, American
Period of Significance:
1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Progressive Club, The (added 2007 - - #07001109)
3377 River Rd. , Johns Island
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Historic Significance:
Person, Event
Historic Person:
Jenkins, Esau
Area of Significance:
Social History, Black
Period of Significance:
1950-1974
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Education, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Civic, Clubhouse, Department Store, Educational Related Housing, Meeting Hall, School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Robb, William, House (added 1983 - - #83002186)
Also known as Episcopal Church Home For Women
12 Bee St. , Charleston
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
Historic Person:
Robb,William,et al.
Significant Year:
1920, 1858
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Industry, Social History
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Health Care
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Sanatorium, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use, Work In Progress
Seabrook, John, Plantation Bridge (added 1974 - - #74001841)
Also known as Admiral George Palmer Bridge
NW of Rockville off SC 700 , Rockville
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Commerce, Engineering
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use, Work In Progress
Seaside School (added 1994 - - #94000602)
Also known as Seaside Colored School
1097 SC 174 , Edisto Island
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Education, Black
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Tennent, Josiah Smith, House (added 1979 - - #79002377)
729 E. Bay St , Charleston
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Historic Significance:
Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Historic Person:
Tennent,Josiah Smith,et al.
Significant Year:
1859
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce, Social History
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Vander Horst, Arnoldus, House (added 1973 - - #73001697)
Also known as Kiawah House
25 mi. SW of Charleston on Kiawah Island , Charleston
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Historic Person:
Vander Horst,Arnoldus
Significant Year:
1770
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
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