North Charleston is a city in Berkeley,Charleston,and Dorchester counties in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census,North Charleston had a population of 114,852,making it the third-most populous city in the state,and the 248th-most populous city in the United States. North Charleston is a principal city within the Charleston-North Charleston,SC Metropolitan Statistical Area,which had an estimated population of 849,417 in 2023.
White Point Garden is a 5.7 acre public park located in peninsular Charleston,South Carolina,at the tip of the peninsula. It is the southern terminus for the Battery,a defensive seawall and promenade. It is bounded by East Battery,Murray Blvd.,King St.,and South Battery.
Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park is a baseball stadium located in Charleston,South Carolina. The stadium is named after Charleston's longest-serving mayor,Joseph P. Riley Jr.,who was instrumental in its construction. The stadium replaced College Park. It was built in 1997 and seats 6,000 people.
Johnson Hagood Stadium is an 11,500-seat football stadium,the home field of The Citadel Bulldogs football team,in Charleston,South Carolina,United States. The stadium is named in honor of Brigadier General Johnson Hagood,CSA,class of 1847,who commanded Confederate forces in Charleston during the Civil War and later served as Comptroller and Governor of South Carolina.
Charleston,South Carolina,played a pivotal role at the start of the American Civil War as a stronghold of secession and an important Atlantic port for the Confederate States of America. The first shots of the conflict were fired there by cadets of The Citadel,who aimed to prevent a ship from resupplying the U.S. Army soldiers garrisoned at Fort Sumter. Three months later,a large-scale bombardment of Fort Sumter ignited a nationwide call to quell the rebellion. U.S. Army and Navy troops made repeated,concerted efforts to degrade the city fortifications throughout the war. Still,they would only retake control over and liberate the city in the conflict's final months. The prolonged struggle substantially damaged the city.
Robert Ford is an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the South Carolina Senate from 1993 to 2013,representing District 42,which is located in Charleston. From 1974 to 1992,he served as a member of the Charleston City Council.
The following is a timeline of the history of Charleston,South Carolina,USA.
The Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence (RBA) was established in 1986 by Cambridge,Massachusetts architect Simeon Bruner. The award is named after Simeon Bruner's late father,Rudy Bruner,founder of the Bruner Foundation. According to the Bruner Foundation,the RBA was created to increase understanding of the role of architecture in the urban environment and promote discussion of what constitutes urban excellence. The award seeks to identify and honor places,rather than people,that address economic and social concerns along with urban design.
The People's Building at 18 Broad St. was Charleston,South Carolina's first "skyscraper",erected in 1910 and 1911 at a cost of $300,000. It was designed by a Swedish architect,Victor Frohling of Thompson &Frohling,of New York and built by both Simons-Mayrant of Charleston and also the Hadden Construction Co. Construction began on December 7,1909. The pile driving so weakened a nearby residence that the People's Building &Investment Co. had to buy it. The structure is a steel framed building with iron framing whose engineer was D.C. Barbot. Work continued throughout early 1910. The construction of the building became a popular spectacle for residents to watch. An American flag was placed atop the building's frame when it was topped out in late April 1910. The owners of the building considered installing a rooftop garden to take advantage of the superb views from the building.
Arthur Bonnell Schirmer Jr. was the fifty-ninth mayor of Charleston,South Carolina,completing the final four months of J. Palmer Gaillard,after Gaillard's resignation. He did not run for election for a full term.
William Ashmead Courtenay was the forty-sixth mayor of Charleston,South Carolina,serving two terms from 1879 to 1887.
Johann Andreas Wagener (1816-1876) was the forty-third mayor of Charleston,South Carolina,serving one term from 1871 to 1873. He also served as an officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
Charles Macbeth (1805-1881) was the thirty-seventh mayor of Charleston,South Carolina,serving three full terms and a partial term between 1857 and 1865. He was born on January 24,1805,in Charleston,South Carolina,and he died on November 30,1881,in Pinopolis,South Carolina. From 1830 to 1865,he was part of a Charleston law practice.
John J. Tecklenburg is an American businessman and politician. He served two terms as mayor of Charleston,South Carolina,sworn in on January 11,2016. Tecklenburg was defeated in 2023 by former state legislator William S. Cogswell Jr. He became the first mayor of Charleston to lose a reelection campaign since 1959.
The 2018 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 6,2018,to elect the governor of South Carolina. Incumbent Republican governor Henry McMaster,who took office after Nikki Haley resigned to become U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations,ran for election to a full term. The primary was held on June 12,with the Democrats nominating State Representative James E. Smith Jr. McMaster failed to win a majority of the vote,and then defeated John Warren in the Republican runoff on June 26. In the general election,McMaster defeated Smith,winning election to a full term.
The International African American Museum (IAAM) is a museum of African-American history in Charleston,South Carolina,located at a former shipping wharf where approximately 40% of the nation's enslaved persons disembarked. The museum opened June 27,2023,after 20 years of planning.
The Gaillard Center is a concert hall and performance venue in Charleston,South Carolina. It opened in 2015 and replaced the Gaillard Municipal Auditorium. Both buildings were named after John Palmer Gaillard Jr.,mayor of Charleston from 1959 to 1975.
Confederate Defenders of Charleston is a monument in Charleston,South Carolina,United States. The monument honors Confederate soldiers from Charleston,most notably those who served at Fort Sumter during the American Civil War. Built with funds provided by a local philanthropist,the monument was designed by Hermon Atkins MacNeil and was dedicated in White Point Garden in 1932. The monument,standing 17 feet (5.2 m) tall,features two bronze statues of a sword and shield-bearing defender standing in front of a symbolic representation of the city of Charleston. In recent years,the monument has been the subject of vandalism and calls for removal as part of a larger series of removal of Confederate monuments and memorials in the United States.
The Charleston Chronicle was a weekly newspaper serving the African-American and Black communities in Charleston,South Carolina. The paper was founded in 1971 by James J. French and it ceased publication shortly after his death in 2021.
Memminger Auditorium is a live performance and special events venue in Charleston,South Carolina.
