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Trustee Emeritus Award for Excellence in the Stewardship of Historic Sites
In November 2000,
the National Trust for Historic Preservation presented this prestigious
award to The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America "for
acquiring, restoring, and interpreting a collection of historic properties
that offer invaluable opportunities to experience the rich variety of
America's heritage."
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NSCDA in South Carolina Museum Properties
The NSCDA in South Carolina is
associated with two museum properties. The Powder
Magazine is in Charleston and the Hanover House is in
Clemson.
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(1712)
Address:
79 Cumberland Street, Charleston, SC 29401
Telephone: (843)
722-3767
Email:
scdames@bellsouth.net
Open:
Open by appointment only.
Directions:
From I-26, take the Meeting Street
Exit into downtown Charleston. Follow south one block past Market
Street to Cumberland. Turn left and go one block. It will e
on the right.
Web site:
http://www.powdermag.org
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Photograph by Erik Kvalsvik |
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As the southernmost English settlement
on the continent, Charleston was often threatened by marauding Spanish
and French naval vessels, pirates, and neighboring Indian tribes.
By the early 1700's, high walls and a moat surrounded the town. The
Powder Magazine, completed in 1712, was used to store and safeguard the
public gunpowder supply. It is now the only public building remaining
in the Carolinas from the period of the eight Lords Proprietors and serves
as a window into Charleston's earliest years.
The National Society of The Colonial
Dames of America in the State of South Carolina acquired this property
in 1902. In 1993, the Colonial Dames entered into a lease/management
agreement with Historic Charleston Foundation, in return for a substantial
investment in the restoration of the building, and for their expert advice
and supervision. The Foundation shared our common goals of preservation
and interpretation. NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
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HANOVER HOUSE
(1716)
Address:
Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29631
Telephone:
(864) 656-4789 or the Curator at (864) 656-2475
Email:
scdames@bellsouth.net
Open:
Saturday: 10::00 a.m.
to 5:00 p.m.
Sunday: 2:00 p.m.
to 5:00 p.m. and by appointment.
Directions:
From I-85 west of Greenville, take
Highway #28 and #76 West for 10.2 miles; turn left on Perimeter Road, take
first left, and bear left at the fork. Parking in front and handicapped
parking at the rear.
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Photograph by Erik Kvalsvik
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This small, compact, two-story house
of cypress and brick was built in lower South Carolina by Paul de St. Julien
on one of three land grants given his French Huguenot grandfather by the
Lords Proprietors.
Many of the architectural features
are uniquely French, the placement of the chimneys, the large squarish
dormers, the beautiful trim work, the interior walls, and the gambrel roof.
Designated as the most architecturally
significant structure in an area of Huguenot homes that were to be flooded
when the Santee River was dammed in 1941, the house was taken apart and
carefully reassembled on the Clemson University campus.
Hanover House was furnished with
period antiques by the Spartanburg Committee of The National Society of
The Colonial Dames of America in the State of South Carolina. "Of-the-period"
lighting fixtures, given by the committee, have just been installed.
The house is the focal point of
the historical site in The South Carolina Botanical Garden on the campus.
NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
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