United States Post Office and Courthouse (Charleston, South Carolina)

The United States District Court for the District of South Carolina (in case citations, D.S.C.) is the federal district court whose jurisdiction is the state of South Carolina. Court is held in the cities of Aiken, Anderson, Beaufort, Charleston, Columbia, Florence, Greenville, and Spartanburg. Appeals from the District of South Carolina are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit). The United States attorney for the District of South Carolina represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. As of July 26, 2022, the United States attorney is Adair Ford Boroughs.

The David Ramsay House is an historic home in Charleston, South Carolina. It was built before 1740.Dr. David Ramsay (historian) arrived in Charleston in 1773 after graduating from the University of Pennsylvania and made his home at 92 Broad Street soon after. He practiced as a doctor; he was the first person to introduce a smallpox vaccine into Charleston. But he is better known for his political service. Dr. Ramsay also served in the Continental Congress from 1782 to 1786 and in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1776 to 1783. Later, from 1801 to 1815, he was a state senator.The Georgian woodwork in the house, especially in the main parlor on the first floor, is particularly fine. It has been described by architects as "the most perfect example of Georgian paneling in America." In 1934, the house was recorded by the CWA.

The Dr. Henry Frost Office at 98 Broad Street is composed of a front portion that appears to date from the mid-19th century and a rear portion that appears to be much older. The land upon which 98 Broad Street was built was owned by famous loyalist and horticulturalist Alexander Garden when he was forced to abandon the property when Charleston fell to the colonial forces in 1782.The rear portion of the current building includes a massive chimney and was perhaps a small kitchen house behind Dr. Garden's house. In the mid-1990s, the rear portion of the building (sometimes referred to as 98 1/2 Broad Street) was in danger of being demolished to make way for an annex to the Charleston County Courthouse.The bulk of the current building was apparently built by Dr. Henry Frost in about 1835 and used as an office. In the 20th century, the building was owned by Dr. William Horlbeck Frampton, a doctor working for Standard Oil. When Belvidere Plantation was being demolished by Standard Oil, Dr. Frampton salvaged some of its early 19th century woodwork and installed it in the front portion of 98 Broad Street.

Charleston County Courthouse (1790–92) is a Neoclassical building in Charleston, South Carolina, designed by Irish architect James Hoban. It was a likely model for Hoban's most famous building, the White House, and both buildings are modeled after Leinster House, the current seat of the Irish Parliament in Dublin.President George Washington visited Charleston on his Southern Tour in May 1791, may have met with Hoban, and summoned the architect to Philadelphia, the national capital at the time, in June 1792. The following month, Hoban was named the winner of the design competition for the presidential mansion, later named the White House, in Washington, D.C. He later altered his design under Washington's influence.In 1883–1884, the courthouse underwent a large renovation performed by Kerrigan & Grant.The Courthouse remains in use, located in the historic district near the park at Washington Square. It was built on the site of and incorporated the ruins of the South Carolina Statehouse (1753, burned 1788), the capitol building for the Colony of South Carolina under British colonial rule. Hoban also designed a new statehouse building nearby, which was burned down during the Civil War.

Court House Square is the location of Charleston County Courthouse in downtown Charleston, South Carolina, at the intersection of Meeting and Broad Streets. It is historically known as "the Four Corners of Law" because the intersection hosted buildings from each level of government: the Courthouse (state law), City Hall (municipal law), the Federal Building and U.S. Post Office (federal law), and Saint Michael's Episcopal Church (canon law). Charleston County Courthouse (1790–92) was designed by the Irish-born American architect James Hoban. President George Washington visited Charleston in May 1791, may have met with Hoban, and summoned the architect to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (the temporary national capital) in June 1792. The following month, Hoban was named winner of the design competition for The White House in Washington, DC.The Courthouse itself is still in use, located in the historic district near the park at Washington Square. It was built on the site of and incorporated the ruins of the South Carolina Statehouse (1753, burned 1788), the capitol building for the Colony of South Carolina under British Rule.

The Blake Tenements were built between 1760 and 1772 by Daniel Blake, a planter from Newington Plantation on the Ashley River. The building was named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. The building was renovated for use as an annex to a nearby county office building in 1969.

The Robert Pringle House is a historic house in Charleston, South Carolina. It can be definitely dated because its builder, Judge Robert Pringle, had his initials and 1774 inscribed in a stone used in the construction. The 3+1⁄2-story house is three bays wide and six bays deep. Unlike most Charleston single houses, 70 Tradd Street has two rooms on each of its first two floors that are not of the same size. Rather, the front room is three bays deep and is separated by a stair hall from a two-bay room to the rear. In August 1789, a deed was prepared which included a description of the house as being two floors--either a mistake or perhaps an indication that the third floor was a later enlargement. The piazzas and street front door reflect early 19th-century style. Despite those alterations to the house, the interior woodwork is still a high-style Georgian style. Indeed, the house has been described as one of the "better Georgian Colonial buildings still standing in Charleston."Following the death of Robert Pringle in 1776, the house was inherited by his son, John Julius Pringle. The younger Pringle was appointed to serve as the United States attorney for South Carolina by George Washington after the Revolutionary War in 1789. From 1792 to 1808, he served as the Attorney General for South Carolina. He declined President Thomas Jefferson's invitation to serve as the United States Attorney General in 1805.The house remained in the Pringle family until 1886. The current owner's family has owned the house since 1909. A series of the dependencies behind the house were restored and received a Carolopolis Award for excellence in restoration from the Charleston Preservation Society in 2010.

First (Scots) Presbyterian Church (locally known as "First Scots") is a historic church located at 53 Meeting St., Charleston, South Carolina. The congregation was established in 1731 when a dozen Scottish residents left the Independent Church of Charleston, now called the Circular Congregational Church.

St. Michael's Anglican Church (formerly St. Michael's Episcopal Church) is a historic church and the oldest surviving religious structure in Charleston, South Carolina. It is located at Broad and Meeting streets on one of the Four Corners of Law, and represents ecclesiastical law. It was built in the 1750s by order of the South Carolina Assembly. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a National Historic Landmark.

The John Cordes Prioleau House is a historic residence in Charleston, South Carolina. The house was built on property acquired in 1808 by John Cordes Prioleau from his father, the third generation of the Prioleau family to own the land. By 1816, Prioleau was living in his new house. In 1821, the property was expanded with the purchase of the adjacent lot to the south along Ropemaker Lane. In 1855, the house began being used as a school. In 1894, William Bachman Chisolm bought the house and made several alterations to it, bringing it up to the taste of the 1890s.In 1949, the house was threatened with demolition to make way for a seven-story apartment house. The plans were vigorously opposed by locals, and the plans were rejected by both the city's zoning board and the Charleston City Council.

St. Michael's Churchyard, adjacent to historic St. Michael's Episcopal Church on the corner of Meeting and Broad Streets, in Charleston, South Carolina is the final resting place of some famous historical figures, including two signers of the Constitution of the United States. The church was established in 1751 as the second Anglican parish in Charleston, South Carolina. Interred in St. Michael's Churchyard are: Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (1746–1825) Colonel in the Continental Army, member of the U.S. Constitutional Convention and signer of the U.S. Constitution, U.S. Minister to France, Federalist candidate for Vice President, and later candidate for President of the United States in 1804 and 1808 John Rutledge (1739–1800) Governor of South Carolina, 1779, member of the U.S. Constitutional Convention and signer of the U.S. Constitution, Chief Justice of U.S. Supreme Court Robert Young Hayne (1791–1839) Senator, Governor of South Carolina, and mayor of Charleston Arthur Peronneau Hayne (c. 1789–1867) U.S. Senator from South Carolina William Dickinson Martin (1789–1833) U.S. Congressman from South Carolina Mordecai Gist (1742–1792) American Revolutionary War general Thomas M. Wagner, Civil War Lieutenant Colonel and namesake for Battery Wagner. Henrietta Johnston and her second husbandAcross the street is St. Michael's Church Cemetery. Interred here is Francis Kinloch (1755–1826) a delegate to Second Continental Congress from South Carolina. J. A. W. Iusti, Frederick Julius Ortmann, and Christopher Werner were three German born forgers of wrought iron in Charleston. Iusti's creation of the St. Michael's Cemetery Gate "Sword Gate" is one of the two most notable iron gates in Charleston, the other being the "Sword Gate" by Werner.

The Charleston City Hall is a building designed by Gabriel Manigault. The city bought the building and began using it as Charleston's City Hall in 1819, making it the second longest serving city hall in the United States (second only to New York City's). The site of City Hall was a beef market in 1739, but the market was destroyed in a fire in 1796, and the corner parcel was conveyed to the Charleston branch of the First Bank of the United States in 1800. The construction of the bank was overseen by Edward Magrath and Joseph Nicholsen (carpenters) and by Andrew Gordon (mason).While the building was being repairs in 1882, the mayor worked out of Market Hall and other city officials worked from the Union Bank on East Bay Street and the Mills House. The building was modified in 1882 when the stucco was applied over the formerly exposed brickwork, and a metal roof was added. The interior of the building was gutted at that time, and the current City Council chambers on the second floor were built. Henry Oliver was paid $14,000 as the contractor. The 1882 project had three missions: (1) a new roof, (2) accommodating all city offices, and (3) convenient public access. The work began on May 1, 1881, and the interior was entirely stripped out, leaving only the exterior walls. The council chambers are 25' by 45' and 22' high. The room was carpeted in 1882 with the mayor's seat along the south side with black walnut desks arranged in a semicircular plan for the member of city council. A gallery with a metal railing overlooks to chamber on the north, east, and west sides. The exterior of the building was changed in 1882. The exposed brick was stuccoed over, the walls were raised five feet, and a new roof was installed. The windows were changed to French windows with walnut frames.The council chambers were again modified following the earthquake of 1886 with Victorian woodwork.The 1886 Earthquake damaged the exterior, and large chunks of marble broke loose and fell off the building even in 1897. The heating system exploded on November 9, 1897, and water infiltrated the building too. Rumors circulated that City Council was investigating the demolition of the building which the local newspaper described as being "neither an ornament nor a landmark" that was rapidly becoming a "veritable death trap." A committee charged with deciding the response favored demolishing and replacing City Hall as did City Council in a unanimous vote, but the cost of building an adequate replacement for the prominent corner prompted the restoration instead.Contracts were executed in August 1898 for the new round of repairs and improvements. Work in 1898 included recoating the building with cement. New heaters were also installed, and the office configuration was changed. A plan for a two-story addition to the north facade was proposed, but the change was abandoned. Officials began returning to the repaired building in late February 1899.In 2003, city officials began discussing restoration of the building, noting that the 1886 earthquake repairs had not been done well in the first place. The expected cost of repairing the building and stabilizing it against future earthquake damage was expected to cost $5 million, but some officials suspected the price would far exceed that amount. The building reopening on June 12, 2007, after extensive restorations.City Hall has many notable paintings on display including a full-length portrait of George Washington by John Trumbull and a portrait of James Monroe by Samuel B. Morse.