Final Report: A Historic Architectural Resources Survey of the Upper Peninsula Charleston, South Carolina, January 2004

Brockington and Associates, Inc.; Beaty, John; Bailey, Ralph

From introduction "The project includes all of the City of Charleston on the Charleston Peninsula north of US Route 17 (Crosstown Expressway). The project starts where Spring Street meets the Ashley River, then follows the shoreline of the Ashley River north to Sunnyside Avenue. The project boundary extends east on Sunnyside Avenue, then south on Riverside Drive, then east on Mount Pleasant Street. At the intersection of Mount Pleasant Street and Meeting Street, the boundary follows Meeting Street Road north to Algonquin Road, where it turns east and follows the property boundary of Magnolia Cemetery to the Cooper River. The boundary follows the Cooper River shoreline to the south side of the Crosstown Expressway, then the south side of the Crosstown Expressway to Spring Street. Finally it follows Spring Street back to the Ashley River. The area within these boundaries is the Survey Universe. Figure 1 presents a United States Geographical Survey Topographical map of Charleston showing the Survey Universe. The project staff covered all of the public roads within the Survey Universe during these investigations. The Architectural Historian recorded 4,042 historic architectural resources within the Survey Universe. All of these resources were built before 1955 and retain sufficient integrity to be included in the Statewide Survey of Historic Places. The Survey Universe contains approximately 2,058 acres... The objective of this survey is to identify all above ground historic architectural resources in the Survey Universe that retain sufficient integrity to be included in the Statewide Survey of Historic Places. These resources include buildings, structures, objects, districts, and landscapes that have architectural or historical significance. We conducted this research and field work with several goals in mind. First, the project can provide information for public officials in the City of Charleston to allow them to make informed decisions regarding the impact of development and other public activities on the Upper Peninsula’s cultural resources, and to set priorities for the protection and use of these resources. Second, because the Upper Peninsula’s resources are overshadowed by Charleston’s original historic districts, we hope that this project will generate additional public awareness of the significance of cultural resources in the area and their value to the community. The historical overview contained in this report can provide an appreciation and understanding of these resources. The results of this survey can serve as an archival record of the Upper Peninsula’s historic resources at the time of the survey; this report contains an inventory of every site recorded during the fieldwork." Funding was provided in part by a 2002 Historic Preservation Fund grant to the City of Charleston (project number SC-02-002) administered by the South Carolina State Historic Preservation Office (grant number 45-02-17571) and the State, Tribal, and Local Plans and Grants Division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. Charleston, South Carolina is a Certified Local Government.

Final Report: A Historic Architectural Resources Survey of the Upper Peninsula Charleston, South Carolina, January 2004

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