Navy Yard Officers’ Quarters
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(Front) In 2007, nearly 70 acres of the former Charleston Navy Yard (1901) were listed in the National Register of Historic Places as the Navy Yard Officers’ Quarters Historic District. This area of what was later named Naval Base Charleston is located on a portion of the Olmstead Brothers-designed Chicora Park and includes residences, garages, servant quarters, and recreation facilities built over the first half of the 20th c. (Reverse) The prominent siting and grand architecture of many residences here reflected officers’ positions in the base’s military and social hierarchy.
Common styles included Neoclassical and Revival (1900s-10s), “Panama Houses” (1930s), and simpler frame homes (1940s). Built in 1905, the brick, two-story Italian Renaissance Revival building 250 ft. NE housed offices for the Commandant, his staff, and the Captain of the Yard. Sponsored by Palmetto Railways, 2019
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