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Historic American Buildings Survey, C.o
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Front Elevation (south Side)
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Side And Rear Elevations (west And North)
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First Floor Entry (south Side)
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Basement Entrance (south Side)
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Pediment Cartouche And 2nd Floor Cornice (south Side)
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Typical Ground Floor Window (west Side)
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Palladian Window Detail (north Side)
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1st Floor Stair Hall Looking East
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Entry Looking North To Treasurer"s Office
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2nd Floor Mayor"s Office (north Side)
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2nd Floor Council Chamber (looking West)
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2nd Floor Council Chamber (looking East)
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2nd Floor Council Chamber, Balcony Railing
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2nd Floor Council Chamber,painting Of 'officers Of The Volunteer Fire Department'
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West (right) And North (left) Sides
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North Side
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Northwest Corner Detail, Second Floor
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Bay Window, North Side
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Window Grille, Ground Floor, North Side
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Window Grille, Ground Floor, South Side
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Detail Of Column Frieze, South Side Entry
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Data Pages
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Item Title
Location80 Broad Street,
Charleston, SC
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS SC-76
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-56).
Building/structure dates:
1801 initial construction
Building/structure dates:
1882 subsequent work
Significance: Charleston's City Hall is significant for many reasons. First, it is important for its original, graceful architectural design and its perfect execution of detail. It fits nobly into a highly distinguished group of early American public buildings. The United States Banks in Philadelphia, designed respectively by Samuel Blodgett and William Strickland, the Branch Banks, notably Bulfinch's work in Boston, William Jay's in Savannah, and Martin Thompson's in New York, make a splendid company. They were, and in their time so recognized, highly successful examples of architectural erudition, good design and scale suitable to the thriving cities of the new republic...
Subjects
Banks
Related Names
Marigault, Gabriel
Gordon, Andrew
Reichardt, Charles F.
Courtenay, Mayor. William A.
Lee, Thomas
Lafayette, Marquis De
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. Historic American Buildings Survey, C.O. Greene, Photographer March, 1938 SOUTHWEST ELEVATION.
2. FRONT ELEVATION (SOUTH SIDE)
3. SIDE AND REAR ELEVATIONS (WEST AND NORTH)
4. FIRST FLOOR ENTRY (SOUTH SIDE)
5. BASEMENT ENTRANCE (SOUTH SIDE)
6. PEDIMENT CARTOUCHE AND 2ND FLOOR CORNICE (SOUTH SIDE)
7. TYPICAL GROUND FLOOR WINDOW (WEST SIDE)
8. PALLADIAN WINDOW DETAIL (NORTH SIDE)
9. 1ST FLOOR STAIR HALL LOOKING EAST
10. ENTRY LOOKING NORTH TO TREASURER"S OFFICE
11. 2ND FLOOR MAYOR"S OFFICE (NORTH SIDE)
12. 2ND FLOOR COUNCIL CHAMBER (LOOKING WEST)
13. 2ND FLOOR COUNCIL CHAMBER (LOOKING EAST)
14. 2ND FLOOR COUNCIL CHAMBER, BALCONY RAILING
15. 2ND FLOOR COUNCIL CHAMBER,PAINTING OF 'OFFICERS OF THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT'
16. WEST (RIGHT) AND NORTH (LEFT) SIDES
17. NORTH SIDE
18. NORTHWEST CORNER DETAIL, SECOND FLOOR
19. BAY WINDOW, NORTH SIDE
20. WINDOW GRILLE, GROUND FLOOR, NORTH SIDE
21. WINDOW GRILLE, GROUND FLOOR, SOUTH SIDE
22. DETAIL OF COLUMN FRIEZE, SOUTH SIDE ENTRY
Aerial view looking to the south (front) elevation
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