Old Bank Building

Old Bank Building is a South Carolina historical marker in Charleston, Charleston County, dedicated 1967.

Charleston County · dedicated 1967 · NW corner of Church & Broad Sts., Charleston, Charleston

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Construction having begun in 1797, this building was occupied by the Bank of South Carolina on December 10, 1798, making it one of the oldest bank buildings in the U. S. It served as a bank until 1835. The Charleston Library Society used it 1835-1916. It was owned and occupied for the next fifty years by the Charleston Chamber of Commerce. In 1967 it reverted to its first use and became a bank again.

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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
Sponsored by The Citizens and Southern National Bank of Soith Carolina

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