The Southwest Boulevard Fire

August 18, 1959

Firefighter Virgil Sams

Captain George Bartels

Firefighter Delbert Stone

Firefighter Neal Owen

Captain Peter Sirna

Civilian Francis J. Toomes

To each who come before this

memorial in remembrance of the final

fire for these six, we pray ...

The Boulevard

[City of Charleston Motto Emblem: Aedes Mores Juraque Curat]

(She Guards Her Buildings, Customs, and Laws)

To Commemorate

The reclamation of 47 acres of mud flats, marsh and water, bounded on the north by Tradd Street and on the ...

The Bayshore Boulevard

In 1907, Alfred Swann and Eugene Holtsinger constructed the original section of seawall and roadway extending from Swann Avenue to Rome Avenue. This initial section, which was called Bayshore Drive, served Suburb Beautiful, the first residential development along the bayshore. ...

The History of Memorial Boulevard

The History of

Memorial Boulevard

In 1919, after the "Great War", Bristol was growing and needed a new high school. Albert F. Rockwell took the initiative and made a remarkable offer to the city. He would give 12 acres in Dunbar Meadows ...

The King's Highway / Coleman Boulevard

(Front):

In the 1700s, the King's Highway began in Virginia and wound down the coast through the Carolinas. The section of road that passed through Mount Pleasant became one of the first coastal roadways serving as a colonial post road ...