As downtown residents may recall, for more than half a century the southwest corner of King and Tradd Streets was an anomaly in the densely developed, predominantly residential district south […]

1 Broad Street Owner: Mark Beck Architect: Bill Huey + Associates Contractor: NBM Construction (Pro Merito Award and Interior Carolopolis Award) Designed in the Renaissance Revival style by notable antebellum […]

1 Legare Street Owner: John and Elizabeth Heck Architect: Dufford Young Architects Contractor: Edgewood Builders The two-and-one-half story weatherboard-clad single house at 1 Legare Street was constructed in the 1760s […]

December 8, 2016 marks the 64th anniversary of the death of Thomas Mayhem Pinckney, a relatively obscure yet integral, early figure in the preservation movement in Charleston. An African American craftsman, […]

What does it mean for a property to be located in an “historic district?”

When Congress passed the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) 50 years ago, it affirmed historic preservation’s importance to the United States’ cultural, environmental, and economic well-being. The passing of the […]