Washington Square is a park in downtown Charleston,South Carolina. It is located behind City Hall at the corner of Meeting Street and Broad Street in the Charleston Historic District. The planting beds and red brick walks were installed in April 1881. It was known as City Hall Park until October 19,1881,when it was renamed in honor of George Washington. The new name was painted over the gates in December 1881.
Marion Square is greenspace in downtown Charleston,South Carolina,spanning six and one half acres. 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 Citadel moved to the city's west side. Marion Square was named in honor of Francis Marion.
Joseph Patrick Riley Jr. is an American politician who was the Mayor of Charleston,South Carolina. He was one of the longest serving mayors in the United States that is still living,having served 10 terms starting on December 15,1975,and ending on January 11,2016.
Burnet Rhett Maybank was a three-term US senator,the 99th governor of South Carolina,and mayor of Charleston,South Carolina. He was the first governor from Charleston since the American Civil War (1861-1865) and one of twenty people in United States history to have been elected mayor,governor,and United States senator. During his tenure in the Senate,Maybank was a powerful ally of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. His unexpected death on September 1,1954,from a heart attack,led to Strom Thurmond being elected senator.
Henry Gilford Picard was an American professional golfer.
Wendell G. Gilliard is an American politician,steelworker,and union official. A Democrat,Gilliard serves as a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives,representing the 111th District.
William McG. Morrison was the fifty-seventh mayor of Charleston,South Carolina,serving between two terms between 1947 and 1959. He was the first person elected to three terms as mayor of Charleston as a result of his win in June 1955. He lost his fourth bid by 455 votes to J. Palmer Gaillard,Jr. on June 9,1959.
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.
E. Edward Wehman Jr. was the fifty-sixth mayor of Charleston,South Carolina,completing the term of Henry Whilden Lockwood and not running for reelection. He was born on December 27,1891,in Charleston,South Carolina to E.E. and Bertha T. Wehman. He attended West Point in 1911 and 1912 and received a bachelor of science degree from the University of South Carolina. When Dwight D. Eisenhower,a classmate of Wehman's at West Point,was elected president,Wehman served as one of the eight electors from South Carolina.
John P. Grace (1874-1940) was the fifty-first mayor of Charleston,South Carolina,completing two,nonconsecutive terms from 1911 to 1915 and then 1919 to 1923.
Robert Goodwyn Rhett (1862–1939) was the fiftieth mayor of Charleston,South Carolina,completing two terms from 1903 to 1911. From 1916 to 1918,he served as president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States.
George D. Bryan (1845–1919) was the forty-seventh mayor of Charleston,South Carolina,completing one term from 1887 to 1891. Bryan was born on September 26,1845,in Charleston to United States judge George S. and Rebecca Louisa Dwight. He died on June 4,1919.
William W. Sale was the forty-fifth mayor of Charleston,South Carolina,serving one term from 1877 to 1879. He was born in September 1819 in South Carolina and married Edith Cleapor in about 1871. Before being elected,Sale worked as a teller at the First National Bank in Charleston. Sale was endorsed by the Charleston News &Courier,and he was elected on December 11,1877 by a margin of 5,288 to 1,924 in an election against D.F. Fleming. Sale was inducted on December 17,1877. As mayor,Sale lived on Chinquapin Street. After leaving office,he was the master of the Charleston Alms House. In 1900,he was living in Summerville,South Carolina.
Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church,colloquially Mother Emanuel,is a church in Charleston,South Carolina,founded in 1817. It is the oldest AME church in the Southern United States;founded the previous year in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania,AME was the first independent black denomination in the nation. Mother Emanuel has one of the oldest black congregations south of Baltimore.
The Wragg Borough Homes is a public housing project in Charleston,South Carolina. It is bounded by Drake Street,Chapel Street,America and Elizabeth Streets,and South Street.
The Charleston City Hall is a building designed by Gabriel Manigault. The city bought the building and began using it as Charleston's City Hall in 1819,making it the second longest serving city hall in the United States.
The Robert Mills Manor is housing complex located in Harleston Village in Charleston,South Carolina that is included on the National Register.
Memminger Auditorium is a live performance and special events venue in Charleston,South Carolina.
Gadsden Green Homes is a housing complex located in the Westside neighborhood in Charleston,South Carolina. The name comes from the neighborhood which had been owned by Christopher Gadsden. The housing project was built in two stages:the eastern half was constructed in 1942 while the western half was finished in 1968.
