Powder Magazine
United States historic place in Charleston, South Carolina. Built 1713. Added to the National Register in 1972, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The Powder Magazine is a gunpowder magazine and museum at 79 Cumberland Street in Charleston, South Carolina, USA. Completed in 1713, it is the oldest surviving public building in the former Province of Carolina. It was used as a gunpowder store through the American Revolutionary War, and later saw other uses. The Powder Magazine was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1989. It has been operated as a museum by the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America since the early 1900s. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1972.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | 79 Cumberland St., Charleston, SC |
| County | Charleston County |
| Listed | Jan 5, 1972 |
| Reference number | 72001200 |
| Built | 1713 |
| Type of place | gunpowder magazine, museum |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 buildings, 2 objects |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | 79 Cumberland St., Charleston, SC |
| Coordinates | 32.77933, -79.93043 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park · 4 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Buck Hall Recreation Area 28 mi |
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Nearby in Charleston County
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Sources
Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 72001200. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.