Preservation Society of Charleston

Preservation Society of Charleston is an office in , which is located on King Street. Preservation Society of Charleston is situated nearby to the art gallery , as well as near .
preservationsociety.org
+1 843 722 4630
  • Opening hours: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Address: 147 King Street, Charleston, SC 29401

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Gibbes Museum of Art and Blake Tenements.

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 460 feet northeast of Preservation Society of Charleston.

Public building
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The were built between 1760 and 1772 by Daniel Blake, a planter from Newington Plantation on the Ashley River. The building was named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. is situated 540 feet southeast of Preservation Society of Charleston.

Church
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The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston, located in . Designed by Brooklyn architect Patrick Keely, the construction of the cathedral started in 1890 to replace a cathedral that burned down in 1861. is situated 650 feet southwest of Preservation Society of Charleston.

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.

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is the largest and oldest city in the state of 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.

Preservation Society of Charleston

Latitude
32.77783° or 32° 46′ 40″ north
Longitude
-79.93301° or 79° 55′ 59″ west
Inception
1920
Operator
Brian Turner
Open location code
8742Q3H8+4Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 12641123370
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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