Hannah Enston Building

The Hannah Enston Building is a post-bellum commercial building at 171-173 King St, . A former building, constructed for furniture dealer William Enston, was burned in a fire in 1861.
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  • Type: Retail building
  • Description: American commercial building in South Carolina
  • Address: 171-173 King Street, Charleston, SC 29401

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Gibbes Museum of Art and Unitarian Church in Charleston.

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 480 feet east of Hannah Enston Building.

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The , home to a Unitarian Universalist congregation, is a historic church located at 4 Archdale Street in , .

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 870 feet southwest of Hannah Enston Building.

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 , , United States, 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.

Hannah Enston Building

Latitude
32.77869° or 32° 46′ 43″ north
Longitude
-79.93327° or 79° 55′ 60″ west
Established
1872
Levels
2
Height
30 feet (9 metres)
Roof shape
flat
Open location code
8742Q3H8+FM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 445269866
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­retail
Wiki­data ID
Q16892076
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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: The Sportsman’s Gallery, Ltd. and Reinert Fine Art.

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