City Hall
This building, designed by
Gabriel Manigault
and built in 1801 for the
Charleston branch of
The First Bank of the United States,
Stands upon the site which was set
apart as a market place in 1672
and used for that purpose until
1796 when the old "Beef Market",
as the place was then known, was
destroyed by fire...purchased
by the city in 1818, it has been
occupied as the City Hall since
that time. . . . . . . . . . .
Marker is at the intersection of Broad Street and Meeding Street, on the right when traveling west on Broad Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
