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Charleston is a city in Charleston county in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It is the largest city and county seat of Charleston County. The city was founded as Charlestown or Charles Towne, Carolina in 1670, and moved to its present location (Oyster Point) from a location on the west bank of the Ashley River in 1680; it adopted its present name in 1783. In 1690, Charleston was the fifth largest city in North America, and remained among the ten largest cities in the United States through the 1840 census.
Charleston is known as The Holy City due to the prominence of churches on the low-rise cityscape, particularly the numerous steeples which dot the city's skyline, and for the fact that it was one of the few cities in the original thirteen colonies to provide religious tolerance to the French Huguenot Church. In fact, it is still the only city in the U.S. with such a church. Charleston was also one of the first colonial cities to allow Jews to practice their faith without restriction. Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim, founded in 1749, is the fourth oldest Jewish congregation in the continental United States. Brith Shalom Beth Israel is the oldest Orthodox shul in the South, founded by Ashkenazic (German and central European) Jews in the mid 19th century.
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Wikipedia articles for Charleston
- Charleston, South Carolina
- Congregation Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim
- Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Synagogue
- Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Synagogue
- St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church (Charleston, South Carolina)
- Theatre 99
- Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Church
- Sottile Theater
- John Kresse Arena
- College of Charleston School of Business and Economics
- Carolina First Arena
- Confederate Museum
- Market Hall And Sheds
- Market Hall and Sheds
- Market Hall and Sheds
- College of Charleston
- College of Charleston
- Charleston Historic District
- Charleston Historic District
- Buist Academy
- College of Charleston
- Marion Square
- Huguenot Church
- Huguenot Church
- Circular Congregational Church and Parish House
- South Carolina State Arsenal
- Powder Magazine
- Powder Magazine
- Powder Magazine (Charleston, South Carolina)
- Circular Congregational Church and Parish House
- Circular Congregational Church and Parish House
- Gibbes Museum of Art
- Circular Congregational Church
- Charleston Library Society
- Blacklock, William, House
- Blacklock, William, House
- William Blacklock House
- The Unitarian Church (Charleston)
- Fort Sumter Range Lights
- Saint Philip's Episcopal Church
- St. Philip's Episcopal Church (Charleston, South Carolina)
- Dock Street Theatre
- St. Philip's Episcopal Church (Charleston)
- Joseph Manigault House
- Manigault, Joseph, House
- Manigault, Joseph, House
- U.S. Custom House (Charleston, South Carolina)
- U.S. Customhouse
- Charleston's French Quarter District
- French Quarter (Charleston, South Carolina)
- Hibernian Hall
- Dock Street Theatre
- Huguenot Church
- Hibernian Hall
- Hibernian Hall (Charleston, South Carolina)
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- Old Marine Hospital
- Old Marine Hospital
- Vesey, Denmark, House
- Denmark Vesey House
- Fireproof Building
- Old Marine Hospital (Charleston)
- Vesey, Denmark, House
- Old Slave Mart
- Old Slave Mart
- Blake Tenements
- Blake Tenements
- Fireproof Building
- Fireproof Building
- Bethel Methodist Church
- Washington Square (Charleston)
- William Aiken House and Associated Railroad Structures
- Charleston Museum
- Charleston County
- Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist (Charleston, South Carolina)
- Carolina First Center
- Charleston County Courthouse
- Court House Square (Charleston)
- Cathedral of St. Luke and St. Paul, Charleston
- Rutledge, Gov. John, House
- Rutledge, Edward, House
- John Rutledge House
- Rutledge, Gov. John, House
- Citizens and Southern National Bank of South Carolina
- Edward Rutledge House
- Rutledge, Edward, House
- Aiken, William, House and Associated Railroad Structures
- Old Bethel United Methodist Church (Charleston, South Carolina)
- McCrady's Tavern and Long Room
- McCrady's Tavern and Long Room
- Mills, Clark, Studio
- Saint Michael's Episcopal Church
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston
- St. Michael's Episcopal Church (Charleston, South Carolina)
- U.S. Post Office and Courthouse
- U.S. Post Office and Courthouse (Charleston, South Carolina)
- Saint Michael's Episcopal Church
- Mills, Clark, Studio
- Old Bethel United Methodist Church
- Farmers' and Exchange Bank
- Farmers' and Exchange Bank
- Clark Mills Studio
- Farmers' And Exchange Bank
- South Carolina National Bank of Charleston
- Aiken, Gov. William, House
- Gov. William Aiken House
- Heyward-Washington House
- Rhett, Robert Barnwell, House
- Robert Barnwell Rhett House
- Central Baptist Church
- Central Baptist Church (Charleston, South Carolina)
- Rhett, Robert Barnwell, House
- Heyward-Washington House
- Charleston School of Law
- Exchange And Provost
- Waterfront Park (Charleston)
- Heyward-washington House
- Stuart, Col. John, House
- Branford-Horry House
- Branford-Horry House
- Colonel John Stuart House
- Stuart, Col. John, House
- Rainbow Row
- Heyward, Dubose, House
- Russell, Nathaniel, House
- Robert Brewton House
- Brewton, Robert, House
- Exchange and Provost
- Exchange and Provost
- Nathaniel Russell House
- Russell, Nathaniel, House
- Brewton, Robert, House
- Sword Gate Houses
- Dubose Heyward House
- Heyward, Dubose, House
- South Carolina Aquarium
- Coming Street Cemetery
- Coming Street Cemetery
- Simmons-edwards House
- Rose, Thomas, House
- Thomas Rose House
- Nicholson, James, House
- Brewton, Miles, House
- Miles Brewton House
- Simmons-Edwards House
- Simmons-Edwards House
- Charleston
- Unitarian Church
- Unitarian Church in Charleston
- Brewton, Miles, House
- Ashley Hall
- Sparrow, James, House
- Bennett, Gov. Thomas, House
- Gov. Thomas Bennett House
- Presqui'ile
- Presqui'ile
- Andrew B. Murray Vocational School
- Murray, Andrew B., Vocational School
- Robb, William, House
- MUSC Medical Center
- Charleston Arsenal
- Porter Military Academy
- Lucas, Jonathan, House
- William Gibbes House
- Gibbes, William, House
- Gibbes, William, House
- Siege of Charleston
- Robert William Roper House
- Roper, Robert William, House
- Roper, Robert William, House
- Cigar Factory
- Medical University of South Carolina
- Tennent, Josiah Smith, House
- West Point Rice Mill
- West Point Rice Mill
- Silas N. Pearman Bridge
- John P. Grace Memorial Bridge
- List of APRS nodes
- Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity
- Castle Pinckney
- Castle Pinckney
- Ashley River (South Carolina)
- N.S. SAVANNAH (Nuclear Merchant Ship)
- Castle Pinckney Light
- USCGC Ingham
- USS YORKTOWN (Aircraft Carrier)
- Johnson Hagood Stadium
- USS CLAMAGORE (Submarine)
- USS LAFFEY (Destroyer)
- USS Yorktown (CV-10)
- USS YORKTOWN (CV-10)
- Hampton Park Terrace
- Patriots Point War Dog Memorial
- Patriots Point
- William Enston Home
- Enston, William, Home
- USS Clamagore (SS-343)
- USS CLAMAGORE (SS-343)
- USS LAFFEY
- USS Laffey (DD-724)
- City of Charleston Police Department
- Hampton Park Terrace Historic District
- Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park
- Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge
- Hampton Park (Charleston)
- College Park (Charleston)
- Florence Crittenton Home
- The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina
- Porter-Gaud School
- CofC Baseball Stadium at Patriot's Point
- McAlister Field House
- Fort Ripley Shoal Light
- Stiles-Hinson House
- Cooper River (South Carolina)
- Lowndes Grove
- Lowndes Grove
- Charleston Harbor
- Magnolia Cemetery
- Magnolia Cemetery (Charleston, South Carolina)
- Wando River
- McLeod Plantation
- McLeod Plantation
- USS Patapsco (1862)
- Fort Johnson/Powder Magazine
- WQNT
- Marshlands Plantation House
- Marshlands Plantation House
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