A gigantic map of all the cool plaques in the world. A project of 99% Invisible.

Walker, Evans & Cogswell Company

WALKER, EVANS & COGSWELL COMPANY   DISTINGUISHED FOR ACHIEVEMENT AS STATIONERS BOOK BINDERS, AND PRINTERS. SINCE ITS FOUNDING IN 1821 BY JOHN C. WALKER APPOINTED LITHOGRAPHERS AND PRINTERS TO...

  • south carolina
  • charleston
  • john c. walker
  • 1821
  • 1861
  • 1865
  • 1953

Col. Othneil Beale's House

99-101 EAST BAY COL. OTHNEIL BEALE'S HOUSE   C. 1723 - 1740   OTHNEIL BEALE, SEA CAPTAIN FROM NEW ENGLAND, COLONEL OF PROVINCIAL TROOPS, ENGINEER, SUCCESSFUL MERCHANT, BUILT THIS HOUSE ABOUT...

  • south carolina
  • charleston
  • othneil beale
  • 1740
  • 1931

95 East Battery

95 EAST BATTERY   CA. 1740 IS PROTECTED BY A CONSERVATION EASEMENT DONATED TO HISTORIC CHARLESTON FOUNDATION   2004Submitted by @lampbane

  • south carolina
  • charleston
  • 1740
  • 2004

83-107 East Bay Street, Rainbow Row

83-107 EAST BAY STREET RAINBOW ROW   Rainbow Row represents the longest cluster of intact Georgian row houses in the United States. The earliest structures on this portion of East Bay...

  • south carolina
  • charleston
  • east bay street
  • rainbow row
  • 1680
  • 1720
  • 1790
  • 1935

William Mills Tenement

WILLIAM MILLS TENEMENT   C. 1801   THE BUILDER OF THIS TENEMENT, WILLIAM MILLS, WAS BORN IN DUNDEE, SCOTLAND AND BECAME A PROSPEROUS TAILOR AND PLANTER IN CHARLESTON. HE WAS THE FATHER OF...

  • south carolina
  • charleston
  • william mills
  • 1801
  • 1835

The Ann Peacock House

The Ann Peacock House   BUILT c. 1760   The front portion of this fine example of the Charleston single house was built on part of the original town lot #37 of the plat of Charleston known as the...

  • south carolina
  • charleston
  • ann peacock
  • 1760
  • 1769
  • 1877

Thomas Bee's House

94 CHURCH STREET THOMAS BEE'S HOUSE   circa 1730 A PATRIOT OF THE REVOLUTION, BUILT THIS FINE HOUSE ABOUT 1730. A LATER OWNER WAS GOVERNOR JOSEPH ALSTON AND HIS WIFE, THEODOSIA, DAUGHTER OF...

  • south carolina
  • charleston
  • thomas bee
  • 1730
  • 1832
  • 2003

The Alexander Christie House

The Alexander Christie House 92 Church Street   Built ca. 1805   Scottish baker and merchant Alexander Christie had this handsome Federal-style single house built as his personal residence on...

  • south carolina
  • charleston
  • alexander christie
  • 1805
  • 1823
  • 1908

The John Cordes Prioleau House

68 MEETING STREET THE JOHN CORDES PRIOLEAU HOUSE circa 1810   This property, originally known as Town Lot Number 54 of the Grand Modell of Charles Town, was granted by the Lords Proprietors...

  • south carolina
  • charleston
  • john cordes prioleau
  • 1810
  • 1682
  • 1808
  • 1855
  • 1862
  • 1882
  • 1996

South Carolina Society

ORGANIZED 1737   SOUTH CAROLINA SOCIETYHALL ERECTED 1804   THE SOUTH CAROLINA SOCIETY   Founded by French Huguenots September 1, 1737, was incorporated May 1, 1751, by the Provincial General...

  • south carolina
  • charleston
  • gabriel mani...
  • 1804
  • 1737
  • 1751
  • 1752
  • 1799
  • 1804
  • 1825

Poyas-Mordecai House

Poyas-Mordecai House   69 Meeting Street c. 1796-1800   This Charleston single house was built between 1796 and 1800 by physician and second- generation French Huguenot Dr. John Ernest Poyas Jr...

  • south carolina
  • charleston
  • john ernest poyas jr
  • moses cohen mordecai
  • huguenot
  • federal style
  • greek revival
  • 1796
  • 1800
  • 1886
  • 1837

U.S. Post Office and Courthouse Charleston South Carolina

ENTERED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES   AUGUST 13, 1974   U. S. POST OFFICE AND COURTHOUSE CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA   JOHN H. DEVEREUX ARCHITECT 1896   THIS PROPERTY SIGNIFICANTLY...

  • south carolina
  • charleston
  • post office
  • usps
  • 1974
  • 1896
  • gerald ford
  • jack eckerd

Gedney Main Howe, Jr.

Gedney Main Howe, Jr.   Born: September 4, 1914 Died: May 8, 1981   His life was gentle, And the elements So mixed in him that Nature might stand up And say to all the world "This was a man!"...

  • south carolina
  • charleston
  • gedney main howe jr.
  • 1914
  • 1981
  • julius caesar

Gedney Main Howe Jr., 1914 - 1981

GEDNEY MAIN HOWE, JR.1914 - 1981   THE MAN WE HONOR AND HERE REMEMBER SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN TIME OF WAR, HIS STATE IN TIME OF PEACE.   IN THIS HIS BELOVED CHARLESTON, HE WAS THE PREEMINENT...

  • south carolina
  • charleston
  • gedney main howe jr.
  • 1914
  • 1981
  • 2002

Soledad O. de Arguello

Soledad O. de Argeullo1797 - 1874She donated 59,000 acres of land for the benefit of all the people.Donadora de 59,000 acres para beneficio de la comunidad.Comite Civico Patriotico del Condado de...