White Point Garden
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Opening hours: sunrise—sunset
- Type: Park
- Description: Historic park in Charleston, South Carolina
- Also known as: “Battery Gardens”, “Battery Park”, and “White Point Gardens”
- Address: 2 Murray Boulevard, Charleston, SC 29401
Places of Interest
Highlights include The Defenders of Fort Moultrie and Confederate Defenders of Charleston.
The Defenders of Fort Moultrie
Monument
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The Defenders of Fort Moultrie, also commonly known as the Jasper Monument, is a monument in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Located in White Point Garden, the monument depicts Sergeant William Jasper and was dedicated in 1877 to all South Carolina militiamen involved in the Battle of Sullivan's Island during the American Revolutionary War.
Confederate Defenders of Charleston
Monument
Photo: Disc Wheel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
William Washington House
House
The William Washington House is a pre-Revolutionary house at 8 South Battery, Charleston, South Carolina. It is the only pre-Revolutionary house on Charleston's Battery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include French Quarter and Ansonborough.
French Quarter
Quarter
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The French Quarter is a historic district and a section of downtown Charleston, South Carolina, United States, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Ansonborough
Quarter
Ansonborough is a neighborhood in Charleston, South Carolina. In 1726, Captain George Anson acquired a 64-acre tract from Thomas Gadsden. Anson's lands were divided into smaller parcels for development, and several streets were named either for his ships or for himself: George and Anson, Scarborough and Squirrel, and Centurion.
Charleston
Charleston is the largest and oldest city in the state of South Carolina in the United States of America. Its historic downtown is on a peninsula formed by two rivers, the Ashley and the Cooper, flowing into the Atlantic, and protected from the open ocean by surrounding islands.
White Point Garden
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Charleston County, South Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
32.76994° or 32° 46′ 12″ northLongitude
-79.93034° or 79° 55′ 49″ westElevation
16 feet (5 metres)Inception
1837Operator
CharlestonOpen location code
8742Q399+XVOpenStreetMap ID
way 489833060OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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In Other Languages
“White Point Garden” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “White Point Gardens”
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