Keywords: CharlestonCountyCourthouse(cropped) HABS361451pv.jpg South elevation Charleston County Courthouse 82-86 Broad Street Charleston South Carolina 1790-92 James Hoban architect The South Carolina Statehouse 1753 on this site burned in 1788 With the transfer of the state capital from Charleston to Columbia in 1790 Hoban incorporated the ruins into his Neo-classical courthouse adding a third story President Washington saw this building on his visit to Charleston in May 1791 In July 1792 Hoban won the design competition for The White House Library of Congress Historic American Buildings Survey http //memory loc gov/pnp/habshaer/sc/sc0100/sc0136/photos/361451pv jpg 1991-06 Creator Jack Boucher Historic American Buildings Survey Charleston County Courthouse Jack Boucher Built in 1792 PD-USGov |