Architecture

In 1817 John Wilson, the state’s civil and military engineer, proposed a toll road through the Saluda Gap in order to “attract a great portion of the trade of East Tennessee to this state.”

A fine example of colonial American architecture, Pompion Hill Chapel is one of only a handful of surviving eighteenth-century ecclesiastical buildings in the lowcountry.

Founded in 1920, the Preservation Society of Charleston is the oldest community-based historic preservation organization in the United States.

A sheltered exterior residential living area, the rain porch consists of a roof structure with freestanding supports, in an anterior arrangement to a pier-supported, balustraded deck.

The vibrant pastel paint colors applied to the exterior of neglected buildings between 79 and 107 East Bay Street became one of the earliest and most potent symbols of Charleston’s emerging preservation movement.

Located in western Aiken County near Beech Island, Redcliffe served as an architectural and horticultural showplace, as well as the center of domestic life for the Hammond family.

Originally intended as a private home for the Columbia merchant Ainsley Hall, the three-story mansion ultimately would serve solely in a public capacity. Equally ironic is that the building’s namesake, the Charlestonian Robert Mills, was an architect best known for public works, such as courthouses and jails, throughout South Carolina, rather than private structures.

The plantation, built and worked by hundreds of slaves, consisted of more than eight thousand acres in 1860.

Although hailed as one of the great internal improvements of its day, the Santee Canal was not a success. Financial problems, lawsuits, poor design and construction, lack of traffic, and droughts all contributed to the canal’s disappointing results.

Christopher G. Sayre made a career out of designing public buildings throughout the Carolinas during the first three decades of the twentieth century.

The Sea Pines Plantation Company was incorporated in 1957 by Charles E. Fraser of Georgia to develop the southern third of Hilton Head Island into a residential, recreational, and resort community.

Shand became known for his public and commercial building designs and played a significant role in the development of the textile industry in South Carolina during the early twentieth century.

Even in ruins, Sheldon Church symbolizes Beaufort County’s prosperity during South Carolina’s early years as a royal colony.

In the 1920s Simons and Lapham were busy with commissions for new houses and restorations, including thirteen houses in the elite neighborhood called Yeaman’s Hall.

Architect, engineer. Sirrine, an important industrial architect and engineer practicing in South Carolina, was born on December 9, 1872, in…

Located in Charleston, the South Carolina Historical Society is the state’s oldest historical society and one of South Carolina’s largest…

(Cheraw). Old St. David’s was the parish church for St. David’s Parish, established in 1768 from portions of St. Mark’s…

(Charleston). In 1751 the General Assembly divided Charleston into two Anglican parishes and authorized construction of a new church on…

(Charleston). Located at 146 Church Street, St. Philip’s was the first English church established in South Carolina. In 1680 Originall…

Architect, author, historian, preservationist. Stoney is considered by many to be the quintessential Charlestonian. Born in Charleston on August 29,…