Gaillard Center

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.

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Type: Public building
Description: concert hall and performance venue in Charleston, South Carolina
Also known as: “Charleston Gaillard Center”, “The Gaillard”, and “The Gaillard Center”
Address: 2 George Street, Charleston, SC 29401

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Theodora Park and Charleston County School District.

Theodora Park

Park

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Theodora Park is a small public park in Charleston, South Carolina operated by the City of Charleston. The park was masterminded by David Rawle, public relations and marketing firm founder, who lives nearby in the historic Ansonborough neighborhood.

Charleston County School District

Public building

Charleston County School District is a school district within Charleston County, South Carolina, United States. It educates roughly 50,000 kindergarten to 12th grade students in 80 schools. Charleston County School District is situated 440 feet north of Gaillard Center.

St. John’s Reformed Episcopal Church

Church

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St. John's Reformed Episcopal Church is a historic African-American Anglican church in Charleston, South Carolina. Founded in 1906 and occupying a building built in 1850, the church is a member of the Reformed Episcopal Church's Diocese of the Southeast. St. John’s Reformed Episcopal Church is situated 370 feet west of Gaillard Center.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ansonborough and Wraggborough.

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.

Wraggborough

Quarter

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

Charleston

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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.

Gaillard Center

Categories: arts center, concert hall, performing arts center, nonprofit organization, building, and government building
Location: Charleston County, South Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

32.7867° or 32° 47′ 12″ north

Longitude

-79.9308° or 79° 55′ 51″ west

Elevation

7 feet (2 metres)

Inception

January 13th, 2017

Levels

Height

52 feet (16 metres)

Roof shape

flat

Open location code

8742Q3P9+MM

OpenStreetMap ID

way 38086505

OpenStreetMap feature

building=civic

Wikidata ID

Q55075393

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