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New 2011 City Tour Guide Training Manual now available12/08/2011New 2011 City Tour Guide Training Manual now available Read More Ticket Office Open for 2012 Spring Festival & Antiques Show11/02/2011Tickets Available for 65th Annual Spring 2012 Festival of Houses and Gardens and Charleston International Antiques Show Read More Solid city ordinance needed to meet cruise ship challenge, by Kitty Robinson08/14/2011Solid city ordinance needed to meet cruise ship challenge by Kitty Robinson- HCF Executive Directo, published in The Post and Courier Read More Post & Courier article: "City Council should opt for stronger cruise ship rules"08/14/2011City Council should opt for stronger cruise ship rules Read More Timeline of HCF advocacy: landside cruise impacts08/13/2011HCF provides tools for decision making regarding landside cruise impacts Read More The Aiken-Rhett House needs your help!06/03/2011The Aiken-Rhett House needs your help! We were one of 100 organizations out of 265 that were selected by the National Trust for Historic Preservation to compete for funding in the This Place Matters contest. Read More HCF Community Forum available for view online05/09/2011Community Forum Live Streamed Read More HCF Calls for Community Engagement Prior to May 9 Community Forum05/05/2011Historic Charleston Foundation, a nonprofit organization with a mission to preserve and protect the integrity of Charleston's architectural, historical, and cultural heritage, is asking for the community to send in questions for panelists in advance of the May 9 community forum. Read More HCF to Facilitate Further Dialogue on Union Pier Redevelopment: 5/9 Forum, Panel Announced05/02/2011Historic Charleston Foundation to Facilitate Further Dialogue on Union Pier Redevelopment at May 9th Community Forum Panelists include local and national officials and experts in the field of urban planning and design Read More HCF Trustees Approve Two Resolutions for Union Pier and Regulation of the Cruise Industry04/13/2011Historic Charleston Foundation Board of Trustees Approves Two Resolutions for Union Pier and Regulation of the Cruise Industry Nonprofit organization maintains lead role in community engagement Read More New! Civil War-Related Resources in the Margaretta Childs Archive and HCF Library03/31/2011Read More Mayor declares March 13 - 20, 2011 as Antiques Week in Charleston03/09/2011Read More Be a 2011 Young Advocate!02/08/20112011 Young Advocate kick-off Tuesday, February 15 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Read More Historic Charleston Foundation collaborates on Castle Pinckney vegetation burn & documentation02/07/2011Historic Charleston Foundation collaborates on Castle Pinckney vegetation burn & documentation Read More Union Pier/Cruise Ship Ad Hoc Committee12/31/2010Union Pier/Cruise Ship Ad Hoc Committee Report to the Trustees December 7, 2010 (Approved by Board of Trustees on December 13, 2010) The Union Pier/Cruise Ship Ad Hoc Committee has met weekly since August 18th, 2010. Its members include Bachman Smith, Chairman, William Cogswell, Elizabeth Hagood, Wilbur Johnson, Madeleine McGee, Van Smith, Crayton Walters and ex-officio members Sam Applegate and Kitty Robinson. Winslow Hastie and Betty Guerard represent HCF staff. Read More Shorten the Hotel's Shadow: Post & Courier Editorial on 404 King Street09/21/2010It's unlikely that many people want the derelict former Charleston County Library building to stay at 404 King Street. And it appears that most do not object to a hotel taking its place. But its replacement should be of a scale that works for the city and its residents, as well as for the developers. Local preservation groups have made a strong case that eight stories are too many for that important spot overlooking Marion Square and adjacent to the old Citadel, which is now a hotel. Read More I-526/Mark Clark Expressway Extension Position Statement09/08/2010This position statement is in response to the SC Department of Transportation’s (DOT)solicitation for comments from the public on the extension of I-526. DOT has issued its Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the extension of 526 from Highway 17 in WestAshley to James Island. This last section of the expressway would cross the Stono River,go over John’s Island, cross the Stono River again, pass over James Island County Park and tie into the Connector that leads into downtown. Read More Foundations Stays "Charleston Green" to Beat the Heat08/12/2010It’s not just Historic Charleston Foundation’s temporarily closed shutters that are “Charleston green.” A primary goal of HCF’s Sustainability Committee is to discover ways to make historic properties more efficient so that they will require fewer non-renewable resources. The committee’s initial focus is on HCF’s main office, the Missroon House, 40 East Bay St., where traditional methods like closing the shutters against the sun, rather than turning up the air conditioning, are being used this summer. Read More Seeing the Rivers Building in a new light03/01/2010While the Rivers Building is not yet a historic resource in the traditional sense because it is less than 50 years of age, it is an outstanding example of architecture from this period that was constructed of high quality materials. It was also the first major federal office building to be constructed in South Carolina after World War II. In a News and Courier editorial from 1965, columnist Ashley Cooper asserts that the building was designed with Charleston’s architectural traditions in mind and that it formed a successful urban wall along the eastern edge of Marion Square. Read More 2008 City of Charleston Preservation Plan11/02/2009In 1974, the City of Charleston developed a groundbreaking Historic Preservation Plan to protect its historic and architectural heritage. Thirty three years later, with the majority of that Plan's recommendations implemented, new preservation issues have emerged. Working in a partnership with the Historic Charleston Foundation, the City contracted with the firm of Page & Turnbull (www.page-turnbull.com) to lead in the creation of an updated Historic Preservation Plan. Read More Calhoun Street-East/Cooper River Waterfront10/20/2009Historic Charleston Foundation supports the adoption of the Calhoun Street-East/Cooper River Waterfront Special Area Plan. A special planning study of this area is needed, and we wholeheartedly support its redevelopment “over time with a vibrant mix of hotel, office and mixed-income residential uses supported by ground-level and waterfront retail.” The city's newly adopted Preservation Plan designates most of the study area a “transitional zone” which indicates “an opportunity to create or strengthen character through strategic redevelopment.” The city needs to promote an enhanced linkage between Marion Square and the waterfront. Read More Donnelley grant allows HCF to make collections, architectural elements more accessible to public05/14/2009Historic Charleston Foundation was awarded a $55,000 grant from the Donnelley Foundation to cover the expenses to inventory, catalogue, and organize the architectural salvage materials in HCF’s warehouse and to organize and store the collection items on the third floors of the Aiken-Rhett House and the Nathaniel Russell House. Read More City's new preservation plan gets underway with neighborhood area character appraisals05/14/2009Charleston’s recently-completed Preservation Plan, co-sponsored by Historic Charleston Foundation, recommends that Area Character Appraisals (ACAs) be conducted on a neighborhood-by-neighborhood basis in order to define an existing area by “focusing on the unique character, architectural style, building forms, landscape resources, and cultural resources that make up the streetscapes and blocks.” Read More HCF Position Statement: Proposed hotel at 404 King Street too tall for historic corridor04/01/2007A proposed nine-story hotel slated for development at the site of the old Charleston County Library on Marion Square is too large. Read More |
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