83 Broad St., Charleston, South Carolina. County/parish: Charleston.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places August 13, 1974. NRIS 74001835.
1 contributing building. 1 contributing site.
The U.S. Post Office and Courthouse is a historic post office and courthouse located at Charleston in Charleston County, South Carolina. The building and its annexes serve the federal court for the Charleston Division of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
The building, completed in 1896 in the Renaissance Revival style, was designed by Charleston architect John Henry Devereux using gray granite from Winnsboro, South Carolina. The design includes a square tower, balustraded balconies, rusticated base and quoins, great double doors, and high and broad steps, meant to resemble an Italian Renaissance palace.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/118997486