Washington Light Infantry Archives

City Directories and History: DER DEUTSCHE FREUNDSCHAFTS – BUND HALL
Constructed 1870; rehabilitated early-1980s Abrahams and Seyle, architects

“This two-story Gothic Revival building stands on a raised basement at the intersection of Meeting and George Streets. Formerly serving a German fraternal organization, it had a number of uses before being taken over in 1984 as the headquarters of the Washington Light Infantry, a local military unit founded in 1807. Lancet arched windows and parapet provide the major decoration for this large stucco building, which is partially enclosed by fencing from the old Radcliffe-King House and is accessed from the street through gates designed by Albert Simons for the Infantry in 1955, reflecting the unit’s service in most wars since the War of 1812.”

Information from: The Buildings of Charleston – J.H. Poston for the Historic Charleston Foundation, 1997

Other sources of interest: Charleston Tax Payers of Charleston, SC in 1860-61 and the Dwelling Houses of Charleston by Alice R.H. Smith – 1917 The HCF may also have additional data at: Past Perfect and further research can be uncovered at: Charleston 1861 Census Schedule or The Charleston City Guide of 1872

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R&R HISTORY LINK: SCHS Mag. article; “The Washington Light Infantry at the Bunker Hill Centennial” by N.B. Jones

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The Rock Hill Herald reported on May 13, 1880 – “An effort is being made to erect a monument to the memory of Henry Timrod, the poet, whose remains were buried at Trinity in Columbia.”

City Directories and History: WASHINGTON PARK

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Developed 1818; redesigned and renamed 1881

Washington Park is located behind the Fire Proof Building.

Postcard image courtesy of the AFLLC Collection – 2017

“Originally laid out as part of the City Square following construction of the Bank of the United States building (city hall) but developed in its present form as part of a civic improvements program during the administration of Mayor William Ashmead Courtenay, this park was renamed in honor of George Washington to commemorate the centenary of the victory at Yorktown. In addition to the large granite obelisk in memory of Confederate soldiers, a bronze bust of the poet Henry Timrod and more modern commemorations of important figures such as Rachel Jackson, mother of President Andrew Jackson, and Francis Salvador, a member of the South Carolina Provincial Congress who was the first Jew elected to public office in America, ornament the park’s double axial walks and east wall. The yellow brick statue base on the west end formerly supported the 1767 statue of William Pitt, moved here from the Orphan House grounds in the 1880s and relocated to The Charleston Museum one hundred years later.”

Information from: The Buildings of Charleston – J.H. Poston for the Historic Charleston Foundation, 1997

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R&R HISTORY LINK: the Charleston Fireproof Building

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287 Meeting Street – Washington Light Infantry

Washington Park – Square & John Tobler’s Description of Charleston, S.C.

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