A LOOK AT AN EVOLVING CITY: CHARLESTON, SC

WINSLOW HASTIE
DIRECTOR OF PRESERVATION AND MUSEUMS

BIRDSEYE VIEW OF CHARLESTON

John William Hill, 1851

CURRENT VIEW

ARCHITECTURAL VARIETY

CONTRASTING STYLES

141 East Bay Street, c. 1854, and 143 East Bay Street, c. 1780

CONTRASTING STYLES

St. Michaels Church, c. 1756 Federal Courthouse & Post Office, 1897

ORDINANCE OF 1931
The ordinance creates the nations first official historic district and Board of Architectural Review; regulations focus on context.

CHARLESTONS HISTORIC DISTRICT EXPANSION

1931

1966

1975

current

MASS & SCALE?

Bee Street Lofts, 2006

CONTEXT?

33 Calhoun, 2006

HEIGHT AND SCALE?

QUALITY MATERIALS?

Concord Street Condos, 2008.

QUALITY MATERIALS?

100 Calhoun, 2003

QUALITY MATERIALS?

College of Charleston School of Business, 2005

CHARLESTON HOTEL

Charleston Hotel, 1838

CHARLESTON HOTEL DEMOLITION

Demolition, 1960

HOTEL REPLACEMENT

Heart of Charleston Motor Hotel, 1960

CONTEXTUAL INFILL?

200 Meeting Street, 1990

CONTEXTUAL INFILL?

Gaillard Auditorium, 1968

CONTEXTUAL INFILL?

Charleston Place, 1986

APPROPRIATE ADDITION?

Hollings Judicial Center, 1987

CONTEXTUAL INFILL?

Majestic Square, 1996

CONTEXTUAL INFILL?

Victoria Center, 2003

TRADITIONAL VS. CONTEMPORARY?

Morris Square, 2007

Midtown, 2007

TRADITIONAL VS. CONTEMPORARY?

Ashley Hall Dining Facility, 2010

THE RECENT PAST

L. Mendel Rivers Federal Building, 1964

PRESERVATION PLAN UPDATE

CHARLESTON AND SOI STANDARDS

CHARLESTON AND SOI STANDARDS

CATHEDRAL OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST

c.1890

March 8, 2010

CATHEDRAL OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST

CHARLESTON AND SOI STANDARDS

9. New additions, exterior alterations, or related new construction shall not destroy historic materials that characterize the property. differentiated from the old The new work shall be differentiated from the old and shall be compatible with the massing, size, scale, and architectural features to protect the historic integrity of the property and its environment.

differentiated

LECTURE SERIES, 2008