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Joseph Floyd Manor

The Joseph Floyd Manor is a public housing facility designated for elderly and disabled citizens. It is in the upper peninsula area of Charleston, South Carolina. The building is located at 2106 Mt. Pleasant Street, on the northwest corner of Mt. Pleasant St. and King St. The 12-story building was originally known as the Darlington Apartments and was designed by William G. Lyles, Bissett, Carlisle & Wolff of Columbia, South Carolina. The facility has 156 single occupancy rooms. History The apartments cost $1,626,000 when it was built, starting in 1950. The ground floor was supposed to have space for commercial spaces, and the second floor was to have professional offices such as lawyers or doctors along with 156 apartments. Rent for an apartment ranged from $75 per month for a one-bedroom efficiency to $175 a month for one of three three-bedroom penthouse apartments. The property had been bought by Mr. Leonard D. Long in 1933 when it housed a tent community and there were only two nearby houses. Immediately before the construction began in January 1950, the site was home to a World War II-era nightclub known as the Windmill which was being used as a grocery store. The apartments were meant to cater to single men and women and retirees. In 1979, the Charleston County Housing and Redevelopment Authority tried to rework the building into apartments for the elderly with the assistance of $2.5 million from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The lowest bid received for the work, however, was $3.6 million. At the time, the chairman of the Authority was Joseph H. Floyd. The work was eventually carried out, and the newly christened Joseph Floyd Manor reopened in March 1981 following a renovation. After the work, the first floor included a mix of uses; the second floor was for handicapped residents; and the upper floors were for the elderly. The building, named for chairman of the Authority board, reopened in March 1981. In May 2020, conditions of the building came under question by residents and local state officials. After a tour of the facilities, South Carolina state house representative Wendell Gilliard wrote to Congressman Jim Clyburn that the conditions at Joseph Floyd Manor were "most definitely subhuman and deplorable." A meeting to discuss repair costs will be held for the Charleston County Council by the manor's housing board. Charleston County Council does not have direct oversight of the housing project, but Charleston County does name the commissioners of the Housing and Redevelopment Authority; on June 17, 2020, Charleston County Council removed George Dawson as a member of the Housing and Redevelopment Authority. References
Lando School

Lando School is a historic school building located at Lando, Chester County, South Carolina. It was built in 1904–1905, and is a three-story, rectangular brick building set upon a concrete foundation and with an L-shaped hipped roof. It features brick on the first two floors and brick and stucco on the third floor and is in the Italian Renaissance Revival style. The first two floors of the school housed classrooms and the main level of the auditorium, while the third floor was essentially balcony seating for the auditorium. Lando School was built as the school for Manetta Mill, and closed in 1955. Manetta Mills remained in operation under a succession of owners until 1991. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. References
Lee Correctional Institution

Die Lee Correctional Institution ist ein US-Hochsicherheitsgefängnis in Bishopville, South Carolina. Das Gefängnis zählt im US-Gefängnissystem zu den Level 3-Einrichtungen für Gefangene, die für Gewaltverbrechen lange Haftstrafen absitzen. Die Einrichtung hat lediglich Einzel- und Doppelzellen. Die Lee Correctional Institution hat eine Kapazität von 1654 Insassen und liegt rund 65 km östlich der Hauptstadt Columbia. Geschichte 1993 wurde das Gefängnis eröffnet und ist seitdem das größte Hochsicherheitsgefängnis in South Carolina. In der Einrichtung kam es immer wieder zu Gewaltverbrechen an Insassen. 2012 kam es innerhalb von drei Monaten zu zwei Geiselnahmen im Gefängnis. 2017 starben zwei Insassen als Folge von Gewaltverbrechen. Der Häftling Robert Odell Brown wurde bei einem Kampf unter Häftlingen im Februar 2018 getötet. Am 15. April 2018 kam es zu einem siebenstündigen Kampf zwischen Gangmitgliedern in drei Unterkunftsgebäuden des Gefängnisses. Als das Vollzugspersonal die Kämpfe unter Kontrolle gebracht hatte, waren sieben Gefangene tot. Laut der Gefängnisbehörde von South Carolina ging es bei den Kämpfen um Territorien der Gangs, Schmuggelware und Telefone. Laut der Lokalzeitung The State wurden die meisten Opfer mit selbstgebastelten Waffen erstochen. Quellen
Lee Correctional Institution

Lee Correctional Institution is the main high-security state prison for men located in Bishopville, South Carolina. On April 15, 2018, seven inmates were killed in the Lee Correctional Prison Riot. It was the deadliest U.S. prison riot in the past 25 years and the fifth deadliest in American history. History The facility opened in 1993 to replace the decommissioned Central Correctional Institution which had been the state's primary prison for over 130 years. At the time, Lee cost $46 million to construct. It remains the largest maximum-security prison for males in the South Carolina state system. It is often characterized as being the most dangerous. Prisoners took control over portions of the prison on two separate incidents prior to the 2018 riot which was the deadliest U.S. prison riot in the past 25 years. The prison has had a long history of violent incidents. The riot was the inspiration for the 2018 U.S. prison strike. Further reading Thompson, Heather Ann (April 28, 2018). "How a South Carolina Prison Riot Really Went Down". New York Times. See also List of South Carolina state prisons Attica Prison riot Lee Correctional Prison Riot References External links South Carolina Department of Corrections Archived 2010-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
Lewis Inn

Lewis Inn is a historic inn near Chester, Chester County, South Carolina, United States. It was built about 1750 and is a "matched" two-story log house covered with clapboard. It was re-covered with brown shingles in 1923. It has a lateral gable roof, with exterior end chimneys, and a one-story right wing. The inn was a tavern during Colonial and Revolutionary days and also a stagecoach stop. In 1807, Aaron Burr spent the night there on his way to Richmond for trial on charges of treason. Legend has it that Burr escaped briefly because a bribed maid left his bedroom door unlatched. The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. Lewisville Female Seminary Founded in the 1840s on this site, Lewisville Female Seminary closed in 1854 upon the death of its principal A.S. Wylie. It was "one of the earliest and best boarding schools in Chester County." In the early 1880s its owner, William Wylie, enlarged a log structure on the premises into an 11-room dormitory for young ladies. The school was in a separate building which has now been dismantled. A.S. Wylie, as principal of the school, developed the community's interest in high educational standards. Minimum age for admission to the school was 13. References
John McKee House

The John McKee House is a c. 1796 house at 44 King St., Charleston, South Carolina. The house follows a traditional Charleston single house layout with a small stair hall separating two main rooms per floor, one toward the street and one toward the rear of the property. The brickwork suggests that a door originally entered the house from King St., but it was replaced with a window at some point. Its first known owner was John McKee who died without heirs, leaving the house to the Methodist Episcopal Church. When the church divided in 1845, the house became the joint property of three black churches: Centenary, Wesley, and Old Bethel. The Methodist Episcopal Church rented the property out until 1915. In 1929, Mrs. Victor Morawetz of Fenwick Hall, Johns Island, bought the house. It remains privately owned as of November 2025. References
Middleton-Pinckney House

The Middleton-Pinckney House is a historic three-story home built on a raised basement at 14 George Street, Charleston, South Carolina in the Ansonborough neighborhood. Frances Motte Middleton (a daughter of Jacob and Rebecca Brewton Motte and widow of John Middleton) began construction of the house in 1796 after purchasing a second lot adjacent to one bought by her father on George St. The house was completed by her and her second husband, Maj. Gen. Thomas Pinckney, whom she married in 1797. The couple lived in the house at least from 1801 until, on February 26, 1825, the couple sold the house to Mrs. Pinckney's son, John Middleton, for $10,000. One exception occurred in 1816, when the family resided on Legare Street, perhaps to permit the reworking of the house in the then-popular Regency style. A real estate listing ran in the Charleston City Gazette in 1816 for the sale of the house which described an "unfinished Brick Building, intended for a dwelling house" along with a kitchen house and another brick dependency. John Middleton died in 1826, and the house was sold to Mrs. Juliet Gibbes Elliott, at which time the house became known as the Elliott Mansion. The house remained a private residence until Jesse W. Starr Jr. bought it from Mrs. Elliott's estate in 1879 and resold it to the Water Works Company of Charleston in 1880. The water company was a private company until the City took over its operation in 1917. In 1988, the house became the location of the headquarters of the Spoleto Festival USA. The City of Charleston donated the house to the festival in 2002, which undertook a rehabilitation of the property. The house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a contributing property to the Charleston Historic District. References
Monticello Store and Post Office

Monticello Store and Post Office is a historic general store and post office located at Monticello, Fairfield County, South Carolina, United States. It may have been built as early as 1820, and is a one-story, frame, weatherboarded, T-shaped building. The front façade features an undercut gallery with a pedimented gable supported by octagonal wooden columns. The building was used as a store and post office after the American Civil War until the mid-1960s. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. References
Capt. John Morrison House

The Capt. John Morrison House is a historic home at 125 Tradd St., Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Capt. John Morrison bought the property on May 1, 1800, but he did not first appear in a city directory until 1806. The sales price paid by Capt. Morrison does not definitely reflect the purchase of a pre-existing house; as a result, the house of often claimed to have been built in 1805. In the 1840s, piazzas were added to the house. The house is a traditional Charleston single house, a form typified by a central entry and stair hall with the central door on the "side" of the house and one room on each side. Because of the unusual width of the house, 125 Tradd St. is four-bays wide with an unusually deep entrance hall and rectangular rooms on each side. The house sold for $3,960,000 to a tech entrepreneur in November 2017. It is now for sale. References
Casa capitão John Morrison

A casa capitão John Morrison é uma casa histórica na Rua Tradd, 125 em Charleston, Carolina do Sul. O capitão John Morrison (1766-1821) comprou a propriedade em 1º de maio de 1800, mas ele não apareceu pela primeira vez em um diretório da cidade até 1806. O preço de venda pago pelo capitão Morrison não reflete definitivamente a compra de uma casa preexistente; como resultado, muitas vezes se alegou que a casa foi construída em 1805. Na década de 1840, as praças foram adicionadas à casa. A casa foi vendida por $ 3.960.000 para um empresário de tecnologia em novembro de 2017. Referências
Benjamin Simons Neufville House

The Benjamin Simons Neufville House is a Greek Rival house at 72 Anson St., Charleston, South Carolina. It is one of the largest houses in the Ansonborough neighborhood. The house was built by Eliza Neufville Kohne in 1846 and remained in the family until 1904. The house was purchased by the Historic Charleston Foundation in 1959, which added a brick and wrought iron fence and tore down a later addition to the home, before selling it in 1962. While much of the interior was original, a fire in the 1950s resulted in much of the first floor of the home requiring extensive repairs. References
Patrick O'Donnell House

The Patrick O'Donnell House is the largest example of Italianate architecture in Charleston, South Carolina. It was built for Patrick O'Donnell, perhaps in 1856 or 1857. Other research has suggested a construction date of 1865. Local lore has it that the three-and-a-half-story house was built for his would-be bride who later refused to marry him, giving rise to the house's popular name, "O'Donnell's Folly." Between 1907 and 1937, it was home to Josephine Pinckney; both the Charleston Poetry Society and the Society for the Preservation of Spirituals were formed at the house during her ownership. It is a classic example of a side hall plan; the house has large, adjacent rooms on the south side with a piazza and a stair hall that runs along the north side of the house. A carriage house in the baronial style was added along the rear property line in 1888 by Thomas R. McGahan. In 1987, the house was for sale for $750,000, and the Preservation Society of Charleston considered purchasing it. The Society was interested in using the house as a museum house and as its headquarters, and the neighborhood initially supported the plans. Later, the neighborhood changed its position because of worries about parking, and the membership of the Society was split on the proposal. In April 1987, The Society dropped its plans. The house sold for $7.2 million in June 2007 to James Pallotta, a part owner of the Boston Celtics. At the time, the seven-bedroom, 9,700 square foot house's price was the highest ever paid in Charleston for a house. The previous record holder had been the William Gibbes House at 64 South Battery which had sold for $6.1 million in January 2006. The O'Donnell House retained that distinction until the sale of 37 Meeting St. in May 2009 for $7.37 million. References
Old Stone House (Winnsboro, South Carolina)

Old Stone House is a historic home located near Winnsboro, Fairfield County, South Carolina. It was built in 1784, and is a two-story, side-gable roofed, stone building, with a double-pile floor plan and stone end chimneys. The façade has a central door with a massive stone lintel flanked by single four-over-four windows with stone lintels. It was built by Samuel Gladney (ca. 1740–1800) and in 1870 it was purchased by the Lebanon Presbyterian Church for use as a parsonage. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. References
William Ravenel House

The William Ravenel House is an historic house in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. History The house was built in 1845 by shipping merchant William Ravenel. The drawing room runs the entire width of the house and is perhaps the largest drawing room in Charleston. The house suffered severe damage in the 1886 Charleston earthquake; its giant order Tower of the Winds portico was destroyed, leaving only the base. One of the capitals from the columns was unearthed 73 years later when Hurricane Gracie felled a tree which had grown atop the capital where it had fallen and been imbedded in the soft soil. It remains privately owned. References
Col. William Rhett House

The Col. William Rhett House is a historic, stuccoed brick two-story home at 54 Hasell St., Charleston, South Carolina. A historical marker was erected at the house in 2001 by the Preservation Society of Charleston. History The Col. William Rhett House was built in 1712 as the main house for Point Plantation later known as Rhettsbury, lying outside the walled city's limits by Col. William Rhett. The plantation was later folded into the historic Ansonborough neighborhood. After Rhett's death in 1722, the house remained in his family until 1807 when it was bought by Christopher Fitzsimons. Mr. Fitzsimon's grandson Gov. Wade Hampton was born in the house. In the 1940s, the house was bought by Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Kittredge, the creators of Cypress Gardens near Moncks Corner, South Carolina. The Kittredges added the eastern set of stairs to the front of their house to match the original set on the opposite side of the house. It is still privately owned. See also Rhett House Inn External links Col. William Rhett House References
River Bluff High School

River Bluff High School is one of three public high schools in Lexington, South Carolina, United States. It provides education for ninth through twelfth grades for the town of Lexington and parts of Lake Murray, Oak Grove and West Columbia. It is located on the eastern side of Lexington, overlooks the Saluda River, and is a few hundred feet from Interstate 20 and U.S. Highway 378. History Construction began in January 2011 and was completed in August 2013. The construction process was overseen by Cumming Construction Management and contracted by China Construction America of South Carolina. River Bluff High School was designed in accordance with LEED for Schools Building Design and Construction principles and was certified Silver. It was constructed with many windows to reduce the cost of lighting. River Bluff is one of the largest schools in South Carolina, covering an area of 540,000 square feet (50,000 m2). Construction cost $138.9 million, authorized by voters in 2008. In 2021, while exploring school grounds, a group of students discovered the graves of numerous Black South Carolinians dating back to the 1800s. A landmark was later added to the area to commemorate the historically black Mount Zion AME Church/graveyard which had stood on the campus grounds from 1857 to 1929. In 2023, the parents of a student sued a teacher, principal, and other education officials, claiming the student was assaulted for not stopping to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. Athletics Championships All championships are 5A unless otherwise noted. State Championships (15) Cheerleading: 2013 (AAA) Baseball: 2023 Boys' basketball: 2021 Boys' golf: 2025 Boys' soccer: 2016 (AAAA) Girls' tennis: 2017, 2019 Wrestling: 2017 Swimming state champions: 100 yard breaststroke: Brian Loos (2016), Matthew Swain (2021) 100 yard butterfly: Maecy Wells (2022, 2023, 2024) 100 yard backstroke: Maecy Wells (2023, 2024) Bands The River Bluff High School Marching Band, sometimes referred to as the Gator Band, is a 4 time Lower State champion in both Class AAA (2013) and AAAA (2014, 2015) The school's Indoor Percussion Ensemble won the SCBDA Indoor Percussion Championships for class AA in 2015. In the 2016 season, it advanced to competition in Class A and was placed second at SCBDA and third at its first appearance at the CWEA Circuit Championships. Feeder schools Via Meadow Glen Middle School and Lakeside Middle School: Lexington Elementary Meadow Glen Elementary Midway Elementary school New Providence Elementary Oak Grove Meadow Glen Middle School Lakeside Middle School References
James Simmons House

The James Simmons House is a late 18th-century house at 37 Meeting Street, Charleston, South Carolina which was, at one time, the most expensive house sold in Charleston. It was likely built for James Simmons, a lawyer. By 1782, it was home to Robert Gibbes, a planter. Louisa Cheves (later McCord), a prominent antebellum writer, was born at the house on December 3, 1810. In 1840, Otis Mills, the owner of the Mills House Hotel, bought the house for $9,000. In October 1862, during the Civil War, the house was loaned to Gen. Pierre Beauregard, who used the house as his headquarters until August 1863. In 1876, Michael P. O'Connor, later a member of Congress, bought the house. The house is a traditional Charleston double house (i.e., four rooms per a floor at the corners with a central hall and staircase) but, unlike most, has matching two-story bay windows on the front façade, perhaps an early 19th-century alteration to an originally flat-faced building. It was the most expensive house sold in Charleston when it sold for $7.37 million in May 2009, overtaking the previous record holder, the Patrick O'Donnell House. It remained the most expensive house sold in Charleston until August 2015, when the Col. John Ashe House at 32 South Battery sold for about $7.72 million. The house was bought by William and Nancy Longfellow from the founder of Blackbaud and majority owner of the Charleston Battery soccer team Anthony and Linda Bakker. References
Rev. Robert Smith House

The Rev. Robert Smith House is a pre-Revolutionary house at 6 Glebe St., Charleston, South Carolina which is used as the official residence for the president of the College of Charleston. The present use is an odd twist of history; Rev. Robert Smith, whose name has been given to the house, was the first Episcopal bishop of South Carolina and was also himself the first president of the College of Charleston. In 1698, Affra Coming donated 17 acres to the Anglican Church for use as glebe lands (i.e., lands used for rental income for a church). In 1770, streets were laid out through the lands, and a parsonage for St. Philip's Episcopal Church was planned for four acres. The house's property included the land all the way to Wentworth St. The house was built in about 1770. It is a large, two-story, double house of Carolina brick on a high foundation. The house was restored by the College of Charleston in 1965 by Herbert DeCosta. The president of the college moved into the house in 1966. When College of Charleston president George Benson moved out of the house in August 2014, maintenance workers discovered water infiltration problems which would require approximately $100,000 in repairs; although Glenn McConnell was sworn in as the new president of the college, he has not begun occupying the house while awaiting the repairs. References
St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church (Charleston, South Carolina)

St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church is a historic church located at 18 Hanover St., Charleston, South Carolina. In 1832, the Charleston Protestant Episcopal Domestic Female Missionary Society bought the land from the Bank of South Carolina. On October 13, 1839, the church opened for its first service, and the building was consecrated on July 14, 1840. The surrounding property was put to use as a cemetery before the building was constructed; the oldest grave dates to 1835. On October 18, 1912, the church was finally incorporated as its own church and not just a mission. It was renovated in 1939 and again in 1947 but remains essentially unaltered from its original 1839 appearance. On January 29, 2015, the Preservation Society of Charleston recognized work on the church with one of its annual Carolopolis Awards for excellence in restoration. References
St. Paul Camp Ground

St. Paul Camp Ground, also known as St. Paul A.M.E. Camp Ground, is a historic African Methodist Episcopal camp meeting and national historic district located near Harleyville, Dorchester County, South Carolina. The district encompasses 43 contributing buildings. It was established about 1880, and the buildings and grounds are used for one week each year. The tabernacle is a one-story building clad in rough-sawn weatherboard. Also on the property are 54 tents, two stores, and a storage house. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. See also Camp Welfare: AME Zion camp meeting ground in Fairfield County, South Carolina Cattle Creek Campground: United Methodist camp meeting ground in Orangeburg County, South Carolina Cypress Camp Ground: Methodist camp meeting ground in Dorchester County, South Carolina Indian Fields Campground: Methodist camp meeting ground in Dorchester County, South Carolina Mount Carmel Campground: AME Zion camp meeting ground in Lancaster County, South Carolina References