Second Bank of the United States
[Top Marker]
This Building Erected in 1817
for a branch of the
Second Bank of the United States
was acquired in 1835, and has been
occupied continuously since that
date by the Bank of Charleston
whose name was changed in
1926 to
The South Carolina National Bank
This was the only bank in the
state to resume business
after the war of 1861-1865
and one of the very few banks
in the south to redeem its currency
issued prior to that war.
[Center Marker]
This property has been
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
[Bottom Marker]
In 2011, this building continued
it's long history as a banking
office when the name was
changed to
Wells Fargo
Marker is at the intersection of Broad Street and State Street, on the right when traveling west on Broad Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
