St. John's Lutheran Church 10 Archdale St.	Philip Porcher House 19 Archdale St.	William Thompson Tenement 53 Anson St.	Susan Robinson Dependencies 65 Anson St.	Thoms Doughty House 71 Anson St.
Joseph Legare House 75 Anson St.	Daniel Legare House 79 Anson St.	John Hume Simons House 76 Ashley Ave.	Theodore Gaillard House 90 Ashley Ave.	Joseph Glover House 96 Ashley Ave.
Pelzer House 107 Ashley Ave.	Wickliffe House 178 Ashley Ave.	Exchange and Provost E. Bay and Broad Sts.	South Carolina National Bank of Charleston 16 Broad St.	Citizens and Southern Bank of South Carolina 50 Broad St.
Confederate Home 60-64 Broad St.	Daniel Ravenel House 68 Broad St.	U.S. Post Office and Courthouse 83 Broad St.	Charleston County Courthouse 84 Broad St.	Hebrew Orphanage 88 Broad St.
Dr. David Ramsay House 92 Broad St.	Major Peter Bocquet, Jr. House 95 Broad St.	Harvey-Lining House 116 Broad St.	Gov. John Rutledge House 116 Broad St.	Edward Rutledge House 117 Broad St.

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(Charleston Old and Historic District) Charleston played an important role in Colonial, Revolutionary, antebellum and Civil War America. The city was a major Colonial seaport, an active participant in the Revolution, a seat of rice and cotton culture and a leader of secession. Today much of the nation’s great social and architectural history can be visibly appreciated because of the great concentration of period buildings that still line the city streets. The historic district contains primarily residential buildings in addition to commercial, ecclesiastical, and government-related buildings. Several historic neighborhoods are included because of their concentrations of historically and architecturally valuable buildings. These neighborhoods possess the unique visual appeal of old Charleston, a picturesqueness created by the close proximity of buildings, in a wide variety of architectural styles. There is general harmony in terms of height, scale, proportion, materials, textures, colors, and characteristic forms, such as the side piazzas. All of the properties contribute to an expanded period of significance dating from 1700 to 1941. The great concentration of 18th and 19th century buildings give the district a flavor of an earlier America. The district contains many buildings of national historic and/or architectural significance. Built of brick, stucco, or clapboard, many of these properties are Charleston “single houses,” one room wide, with gable end to the street and tiered piazzas. Others are plantation style houses. Architectural styles include Georgian, Regency, Federal, Adamesque, Classical Revival, Greek Revival, Italianate, Gothic Revival, and Queen Anne, among others. The district also contains many outbuildings (stables, carriage houses, kitchen buildings), a majority of which have been altered extensively to accommodate modern needs. Listed in the National Register October 15, 1966; Designated a National Historic Landmark October 9, 1960; Boundary increases January 30, 1970; July 16, 1978; August 2, 1984; August 13, 1985; and March 27, 1986. Period of significance expansion (1900-1941) accepted October 6, 1988.

View a map showing the boundaries of the Charleston Historic District.