Charleston Cemeteries Historic District, Charleston

Name: Charleston Cemeteries Historic District
Address: Charleston, United States

#218 among attractions in Charleston

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The Charleston Cemeteries Historic District encompasses a cluster of 23 cemeteries north of downtown Charleston, South Carolina. Laid out on either side of Huguenin Street in the northern part of peninsular Charleston, they were laid out between 1849 and 1956, and represented a concentrated diversity in funerary art and cemetery landscape design practices. The oldest cemetery is Magnolia Cemetery, laid out in 1849 in the then-fashionable rural cemetery style. ()

Built: 1849 (175 years ago)Coordinates: 32°48'56"N, 79°56'49"W

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The Neck (Silver Hill - Magnolia)Charleston United States

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Charleston Cemeteries Historic District – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Summerall Chapel, Magnolia Cemetery, Denmark Vesey Monument, Hampton Park.

1.4 miSW
Church
Summerall Chapel, Charleston
36 min walk • Summerall Chapel is a cruciform chapel on the campus of The Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina. Constructed from 1936 to 1938, the chapel serves the South Carolina Corps of Cadets and the broader Citadel and Charleston communities.
~1740 ftNE
Cemetery
Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston
9 min walk • Magnolia Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery in Charleston, South Carolina. The first board for the cemetery was assembled in 1849 with Edward C. Jones as the architect. It was dedicated in 1850; Charles Fraser delivered the dedication address. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a Historic District in 1978.
1.2 miSW
Monuments and statues
Denmark Vesey Monument, Charleston
30 min walk • The Denmark Vesey Monument is a monumental statue in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. The monument was erected in 2014 in Hampton Park and honors Denmark Vesey, a freedman who lived in Charleston and was executed in 1822 for plotting a slave revolt.
1.2 miSW
Park
Hampton Park, Charleston
31 min walk • Hampton Park is a public park located in peninsular Charleston, South Carolina, United States. At 60 acres, it is the largest park on the peninsula.
1.5 miSW
Park, Event space, Georgian architecture
Lowndes Grove, Charleston
38 min walk • Lowndes Grove, also known as The Grove or Grove Farm, is a waterfront estate built in about 1786 on the Ashley River in Charleston. It is located in the Wagener Terrace neighborhood on a triangular plot of land bordered by St. Margaret Street, 5th Avenue, and 6th Avenue.
0.9 miSW
Park, Playground
Corrine Jones Playground, Charleston
23 min walk • Corrine Jones Playground was formerly known as Hester Park because of its location along Hester Street in Charleston, South Carolina. The property was used for temporary housing during World War II.
1.2 miSE
Park
Martin Park, Charleston
31 min walk • Martin Park is a public park in Charleston, South Carolina. It is bounded by Lee, Jackson, Hanover, and America Streets. The park includes a softball field, a playground, a basketball court, tennis courts, community center and a large swimming pool.
1.2 miS
Church
Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity, Charleston
32 min walk • The Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church is located at 28 Race St. Charleston, South Carolina. The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. The first Greek Orthodox church in South Carolina was built in 1911 at Fishburne and St. Phillip Sts.
1.3 miSE
Bridge
John P. Grace Memorial Bridge, Charleston
34 min walk • The John P. Grace Memorial Bridge, or the Cooper River Bridge as it was familiarly known, was a cantilever bridge that crossed the Cooper River in Charleston, South Carolina. It opened on August 8, 1929, and was built by the Cooper River Bridge Company.
1.3 miSE
Bridge
Silas N. Pearman Bridge, Charleston
34 min walk • The Silas N. Pearman Bridge, known locally as the New Cooper River Bridge from the opening date to the groundbreaking of its replacement, was a cantilever bridge that crossed the Cooper River in Charleston, South Carolina, United States.
1.3 miSE
Church
Emma Abbott Memorial Chapel, Charleston
33 min walk • The Emma Abbott Memorial Chapel is a late Victorian church located at 52 Cooper St. Charleston, South Carolina. On October 4, 1890, the Citadel Square Baptist Church bought a parcel at the northwest corner of Cooper and America Streets for the construction of a mission church serving the Eastside.

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Which popular attractions are close to Charleston Cemeteries Historic District?

Nearby attractions include Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston (9 min walk), Joseph Floyd Manor, Charleston (9 min walk), Vivian Anderson Moultrie Playground, Charleston (11 min walk), Corrine Jones Playground, Charleston (23 min walk).