Old Berkeley County Courthouse (South Carolina)

Old Courthouse
Old Courthouse, September 2011
Location 331 King St., Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
Coordinates 32°47′6″N 79°51′50″W / 32.78500°N 79.86389°W / 32.78500; -79.86389Coordinates: 32°47′6″N 79°51′50″W / 32.78500°N 79.86389°W / 32.78500; -79.86389
Area 1.1 acres (0.45 ha)
Built 1884 (1884)
Architectural style Late Victorian
NRHP Reference # 71000760[1]
Added to NRHP May 6, 1971

Old Berkeley County Courthouse, also known as Old Courthouse, is a historic courthouse located at Mount Pleasant, Charleston County, South Carolina. It was built in 1884, and is a two-story, rectangular, stucco over brick building in the Late Victorian style. It features large matching double stairways leading to the main entrance on the second floor. The building served as county courthouse for Berkeley County from 1884 to 1898. After 1898 until 1968, it was used by both Baptists and Lutherans as a church.[2][3] It is now known as the G. Mcgrath Darby Building.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.[1] It is located in the Mount Pleasant Historic District.

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Elias B. Bull (November 1970). "Old Courthouse" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved June 2014.
  3. "Old Courthouse, Charleston County (331 King St., Mount Pleasant)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2014-08-01.


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