U.S. Post Office and Courthouse

Entered on the National Register of

Historic Places

August 13, 1974

U.S. Post Office and Courthouse

Charleston, South Carolina

John H. Devereux

Architect 1896

This property significantly contributes to the nation's cultural heritage

Commemorated June 1976

Gerald R. Ford

President ...

Silk Worn and Silk Spun

England – and Jamestown – imported silk from the Mediterranean and the Orient. In 1619 the Colony Secretary bragged that the cow keeper and the collier’s wife had suits of “fresh flaming silk.”

Spinning fibers from the silkworm cocoon was a ...

Caspar Wistar

One Red Rose

is annually paid by

Trinity Reformed Church

to the heirs of

Caspar Wistar

of Philadelphia who in 1738

gave 100 acres of land

for church and school purposes

The congregation was formed

by Reformed families

among the Tulpehocken settlers

The first communion service

was conducted by

Reverend John Philip Boehm

October ...

Home of Lucy Holcombe Pickens

The "Queen of the Confederacy" was born here January 11, 1832. In 1858 she married Francis Pickens, United States Ambassador to Russia and later Governor of South Carolina. During the Civil War, Lucy was the only woman honored by having ...

John Nepomuk Maelzel

(1772 - 1838)

German-born inventor and showman; exhibited nearby at Maelzel's Hall, 1826-1831, assisted by Wm. Schlumberger. His Automaton Chess Player (The Turk) was famous for games with Franklin & Napoleon. He patented a metronome; made hearing aids for Beethoven.

St. Thomas' African Episcopal Church

Organized in 1792 as an outgrowth of the Free African Society, formed 1787. The original church edifice stood here. Under the ministry of the Rev. Absalom Jones (1746-1818), a former slave, this became the nation's first Black Episcopal church.

Marker ...

Civil War Camp

Near here a Civil War training camp was built in August 1861. Named Camp Holton, Camp Sigel and finally Camp Reno, its boundaries were Prospect and Bartlett Avenues and Lafayette and Royall Places. Six Wisconsin infantry regiments, almost 7,000 men, ...

Major Peter Bocquet's House

c.1770

Peter Bocquet the younger built this house

shortly after the lot was given to him in July,

1770, by his father Peter Bocquet, senior, a

Huguenot immigrant. The younger Bocquet

became a major in the Revolutionary forces,

a member ...

Public Well

The well was used from 1823 to the early 1880's. The remnants lay buried and forgotten until city of St. Augustine public works employees discovered the well, with assistance from the St. Augustine Archaeological Association, while renovating the historic Plaza ...

Tom Brooks Park

Herbert Thomas Brooks served in community leadership roles for over 50 years. His leadership and vision affected almost every facet of the community and can be seen in the physical beauty of Collierville's landscape as well as the design of ...