National Historic Landmark-Joseph H. Rainey House

National Historic Landmark- Joseph Hayne Rainey House

Joseph Hayne Rainey (1832-1887), the first Black person to serve in the United States House of Representatives (1870-79), served longer than any of his Black contemporaries.

The election of Rainey and of Hiram R. ...

National Historic Landmark-Powder Magazine

National Historic Landmark- Powder Magazine

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 the three fortified ...

National Historic Landmark-Pompion Hill Chapel

National Historic Landmark- Pompion Hill Chapel

A miniature Georgian masterpiece. A fine, virtually unaltered example of a South Carolina back parish church. Interior woodwork and nearly all furnishings are original.

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National Historic Landmark-Penn School Historic District

National Historic Landmark- Penn School Historic District

In 1862, long before the end of the Civil War, Northern missionaries arrived on St. Helena Island to assist the Black population.

They organized one of the first southern schools for Blacks here, and pioneered ...

National Historic Landmark-Parish House of the Circular Church

National Historic Landmark- Parish House of the Circular Congregational Church

Built about 1806, this small Greek Revival temple with graceful twin stairways and notable wrought-iron railings is a good example of Mills' ability to design a temple-style building that is ...

National Historic Landmark-Old Marine Hospital

National Historic Landmark- Old Marine Hospital (Charleston)

This is one of several hospitals designed by Mills for indigent seamen.

All were built with the same general plan, but in different styles. It is in the Gothic style, with pointed arches and ...

National Historic Landmark-Ninety Six & Star Fort

National Historic Landmark- Ninety Six and Star Fort

This important colonial backcountry trading village and government seat was held briefly by the British during the Revolutionary War and was the scene of General Nathaniel Greene's siege in 1781.

The site ...

National Historic Landmark-Mulberry Home of Mary Chesnut

National Historic Landmark- Mulberry Plantation (James and Mary Boykin Chestnut House)

Mulberry is nationally significant in the area of American literature for its association with Mary Boykin Chestnut's remarkable first-hand account of southern society during the Civil War.

Her war-time ...

National Historic Landmark-Robert Mills House

National Historic Landmark- Robert Mills House

This Classical two story brick mansion was built for a wealthy merchant by Robert Mills (1781-1855), native South Carolinian, first Federal architect and the designer of the Washington Monument.

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National Historic Landmark-Clark Mills Studio

National Historic Landmark- Clark Mills Studio

This was the residence of Clark Mills (1815-1883), a self-taught sculptor who pioneered in the casting of bronze statues.

He was commissioned in 1848 to do an equestrian statue of General Andrew Jackson. Mills built ...