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Marion Square is greenspace in downtown Charleston, South Carolina, spanning six and one half acres. [ 1][ 2] The square was established as a parade ground for the state arsenal under construction on the north side of the square. It is best known as the former Citadel Green because The Citadel occupied the arsenal from 1843 until 1922, when the ...
Charleston Historic District ( ID84002028 [1]) Added to NRHP. August 2, 1984. The Francis Marion Hotel is a historic hotel opened in 1924 and located at 387 King St., Charleston, South Carolina. It is one of the tallest buildings in Charleston. The hotel is a member of Historic Hotels of America .
Charleston's French Quarter is home to many fine historic buildings, among them, the Pink House Tavern, built around 1712, and the Old Slave Mart, built by Z.B. Oakes in 1859. Also in the French Quarter are the Dock Street Theatre, arguably the first site of theatrical productions in the United States, and the French Huguenot Church, a ...
The history of Charleston, South Carolina, is one of the longest and most diverse of any community in the United States, spanning hundreds of years of physical settlement beginning in 1670. Charleston was one of leading cities in the South from the colonial era to the Civil War in the 1860s. [ 1][ 2] The city grew wealthy through the export of ...
Hudson Hotel. / 40.768379; -73.984954. The Hudson New York was a boutique hotel located along West 58th Street (at Ninth Avenue ), in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, New York City. The hotel closed in November 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is slated to be converted into 438 below-market apartments by a co-living firm.
January 30, 1970. July 16, 1978. August 2, 1984. Designated NHLD. October 9, 1960 [ 3] The Charleston Historic District, alternatively known as Charleston Old and Historic District, is a National Historic Landmark District in Charleston, South Carolina. [ 2][ 4] The district, which covers most of the historic peninsular heart of the city ...
This article pertains to the history of Nashville, the state capital of Tennessee. What is now Nashville was the center of civilization for the Mississippian culture around 1300. [ 1] In 1779, Fort Nashborough was built here in 1779 by pioneers from North Carolina. In 1784 it was incorporated as a town by the North Carolina legislature.
Created. 1990. ( 1990) Waterfront Park is an eight-acre (5 ha) park along approximately one-half mile of the Cooper River in Charleston, South Carolina. The park received the 2007 Landmark Award from the American Society of Landscape Architects and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. This award "recognizes a distinguished landscape ...