Category: Preservation
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Humane Principles of Good Buildings: Scale and Proportion
For Preservation Month, the PSC is sharing two principles of good buildings weekly that can be observed and measured within the built environment. They are intended to provide touch-points for the conversation about architecture and the human response that it provokes. This study shows us how common characteristics of buildings have transcended stylistic, chronological, and typological boundaries,…
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Past PSC Advocacy Wins: 68 Meeting Street
In the fall of 1948, Charleston’s relatively new 1931 Zoning Ordinance was put to the test when a variance request was brought before Charleston’s Board of Zoning Adjustment to construct a 7-story apartment building on the site of the c. 1810 John Cordes Prioleau House at 68 Meeting Street. The hearing initially scheduled for November…
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Past PSC Advocacy Wins: 1931 Zoning Ordinance
The Preservation Society of Charleston was instrumental in persuading Charleston City Council to adopt the Planning and Zoning Ordinance of 1931, which was one of the most significant events in the local and national preservation movements. It all began in the 1920s when the South Carolina General Assembly passed enabling legislation to permit cities to…
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Humane Principles of Good Buildings: Materials and Composition
For Preservation Month, the PSC is sharing two principles of good buildings weekly that can be observed and measured within the built environment. They are intended to provide touch-points for the conversation about architecture and the human response that it provokes. This study shows us how common characteristics of buildings have transcended stylistic, chronological, and typological boundaries,…
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Virtual Preservation Hard Hat Tour: Hebrew Orphan Society
While you’re stuck at home, we would like to share with you some of our favorite places in Charleston. Join the Preservation Society every week, as we share a virtual hard hat tour through some of Charleston’s most fascinating buildings. The three-story Neoclassical building at 88 Broad Street is believed to have been constructed as a residence between…
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Virtual Preservation Tour: Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Cemetery
While you’re stuck at home, we would like to share with you some of our favorite places in Charleston. Join the Preservation Society every week, as we share a virtual tour through the diverse burial grounds of the Charleston Cemetery Historic District! The congregation of Beth Elohim was formed in 1749 as the fourth Jewish congregation in the United…
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Virtual Preservation Tour: Saint Lawrence Cemetery
While you’re stuck at home, we would like to share with you some of our favorite places in Charleston. Join the Preservation Society every week, as we share a virtual tour through the diverse burial grounds of the Charleston Cemetery Historic District! The first Catholic congregation in the Carolinas and Georgia was organized in Charleston in 1789 as St.…
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Virtual Preservation Tour: Bethany Cemetery
While you’re stuck at home, we would like to share with you some of our favorite places in Charleston. Join the Preservation Society every week, as we share a virtual tour through the diverse burial grounds of the Charleston Cemetery Historic District! Bethany Cemetery was established by St. Matthew’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in 1856. The congregation was founded in…