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The Old Exchange and Provost Dungeon http://www.oldexchange.com/ Charleston's Historic Old Exchange and Provost Dungeon was constructed in 1771.
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Considered to be one of the three most historically significant Colonial buildings in the United States, the Old Exhange Building is a "must see" when visiting Charleston. The Old Exchange is where South Carolina ratified the US Constitution in 1788 becoming the 8th state to join the union. It was used as a prison by the British occupation during the Revolutionary War.

1920 image of the Citadel at its former location at Marion Square, in the heart of downtown Charleston, SC. Two years a...
10/23/2026

1920 image of the Citadel at its former location at Marion Square, in the heart of downtown Charleston, SC. Two years after this photograph the military college moved to its current location adjacent to Hampton Park.

1905 image captioned "UNION STATION, for the Atlantic Coast Line and Southern Railways. Columbia, SC. Frank P. Milburn,...
10/21/2026

1905 image captioned "UNION STATION, for the Atlantic Coast Line and Southern Railways. Columbia, SC. Frank P. Milburn, architect."

The Old Exchange Building Commission will hold it's Fall meeting at the Old Exchange Building, 122 East Bay Street, Char...
10/20/2026

The Old Exchange Building Commission will hold it's Fall meeting at the Old Exchange Building, 122 East Bay Street, Charleston, SC on Tuesday, October 27th at 11:00am.

A pair of c. 1916 photographs captioned "A Summerville Highway" and "Typical South Carolina Cabin, near Summerville". Fr...
10/20/2026

A pair of c. 1916 photographs captioned "A Summerville Highway" and "Typical South Carolina Cabin, near Summerville". From "Winter Journeys in the South" by John Martin Hammond.

Hear ye! Hear ye! Here is the South Carolina Gazette for October 9–16, 1755. The Gazette was among the Palmetto State’s...
10/16/2026

Hear ye! Hear ye! Here is the South Carolina Gazette for October 9–16, 1755. The Gazette was among the Palmetto State’s first successful newspapers and ran until 1775. None other than Benjamin Franklin helped relaunch the paper with a printing partnership with Lewis Timothy. When Mr. Timothy died in 1738, his widow, Elizabeth Timothy, took over and ran the paper successfully until their son Peter came of age. She was the first woman to publish a newspaper publisher in colonial America.

C. 1807 map, original caption "A map of those parts of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina & Georgia which were the...
10/15/2026

C. 1807 map, original caption "A map of those parts of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina & Georgia which were the scenes of the most important operations of the southern armies".

C. 1941 photograph. Original Caption "Tearing down a house to be moved out of the Santee Cooper basin near Bonneau, Sout...
10/15/2026

C. 1941 photograph. Original Caption "Tearing down a house to be moved out of the Santee Cooper basin near Bonneau, South Carolina."

C. 1780 map titled "A new and accurate map of the chief parts of South Carolina and Georgia, from the best authorities".
10/13/2026

C. 1780 map titled "A new and accurate map of the chief parts of South Carolina and Georgia, from the best authorities".

1938 photograph, original caption "Middleton Place, Ashley River vic., Dorchester County, South Carolina".
10/10/2026

1938 photograph, original caption "Middleton Place, Ashley River vic., Dorchester County, South Carolina".

Port of Charles-Town in South-Carolina, November 1, 1736. An account of sundry goods imported, and of sundry goods of th...
10/09/2026

Port of Charles-Town in South-Carolina, November 1, 1736. An account of sundry goods imported, and of sundry goods of the produce of this province exported, from the year 1724, to the year 1735. Published 1736.

Address

122 E Bay Street
Charleston, SC
29401

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm
Sunday 12pm - 5pm
11pm - 5pm

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+18437272165

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