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Powder Magazine

The Powder Magazine is a gunpowder magazine and museum at 79 Cumberland Street in , , . Completed in 1713, it is the oldest surviving public building in the former Province of Carolina.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: powder magazine in Charleston, South Carolina
  • Also known as: “The Powder Magazine”
  • Address: 79 Cumberland Street, Charleston, SC 29401
  • Roof shape: pyramidal

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St. Philip’s Church and Gibbes Museum of Art.

Church
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St. Philip's Church is an historic church at 142 Church Street in . It was formerly an Episcopal church, but it is currently a parish of the Anglican Diocese of South Carolina, in the Anglican Church in North America.

Museum
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The , formerly known as the Gibbes Art Gallery, is an art museum in . Established as the Carolina Art Association in 1858, the museum moved into a new Beaux Arts building at 135 Meeting Street, in the Charleston Historic District, in 1905. is situated 610 feet southwest of Powder Magazine.

Theater building
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The is a theater in the historic neighborhood of downtown . is situated 530 feet south of Powder Magazine.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include French Quarter and Ansonborough.

Quarter
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The is a historic district and a section of downtown , , , that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Quarter
is a neighborhood in . 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.

Quarter
is a neighborhood in downtown , named after slave trader Joseph Wragg, and noted for its association with the slave trade.

Powder Magazine

Latitude
32.77945° or 32° 46′ 46″ north
Longitude
-79.93008° or 79° 55′ 48″ west
Elevation
26 feet (8 metres)
Levels
1
Height
20 feet (6 metres)
Open location code
8742Q3H9+QX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1363403538
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­industrial
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
roof-shape=­pyramidal
Geo­Names ID
10377040
Wiki­data ID
Q7235985
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Powder Magazine”. Photo: BrineStans, CC BY 3.0.