U.S. Coast Guard Historic District
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U.S. Coast Guard Historic District is a national historic district located at Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, South Carolina. The district encompasses three contributing buildings and one contributing structure on Sullivan's Island. The property was established as a life saving station in 1891. The district contains the station house/administration building, boathouse, garage, and signal tower, which are laid out in an L-shaped court loosely organized around the bunker/sighting station. Also on the property is the non-contributing Charleston Light.
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Worth seeing in and around U.S. Coast Guard Historic District
6 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter is an incomplete sea fort at the mouth of Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, where the battle that sparked the American Civil War took place. Built on an artificial island in 1829 in response to the War of 1812, which had exposed the inadequacy of American coastal defenses, it remained unfinished on April 12, 1861, when it was attacked by Confederate forces and greatly damaged.
3 km · fort in Charleston, South Carolina · Wikipedia - 02Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park
Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park located in Charleston County, in coastal South Carolina. It mainly protects Fort Sumter, Fort Moultrie, the Charleston Light and Liberty Square.
3.1 km · United States National Monument in Charleston, South Carolina · Wikipedia - 03Ben Sawyer Bridge
The Ben Sawyer Bridge is a swing bridge that connects the town of Mount Pleasant with Sullivan's Island in South Carolina. The bridge swings on its central axis to open for boat traffic which is too tall to clear the bridge, and has an operator's house in the center of the swing span from which a tender can operate the bridge.
1.7 km · bridge in United States of America · Wikipedia - 04Charleston Light
Charleston Light, also known as Sullivan's Island Lighthouse, is located on Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, which is the northern entrance to Charleston Harbor. Designed by Thomas Sullivan, the lighthouse was erected to replace the defunct Morris Island Light on Morris Island, which was at risk of being destroyed by erosion, but which remains standing and was stabilized in 2010.
100 m · lighthouse in South Carolina, United States · Wikipedia - 05Fort Sumter Range Lights
The Fort Sumter Range Lights are range lights to guide ships through the main channel of the Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. The original front light was built at Fort Sumter and the original rear light was in the steeple of St.
3.1 km · lighthouse in South Carolina, United States · Wikipedia - 06Sullivan's Island Range Lights
The Sullivan's Island Range Lights were range lights on the southern end of Sullivan's Island in Charleston County, South Carolina. The light station was first established in 1848 and was destroyed in 1861 during the Civil War.
900 m · lighthouse in South Carolina, United States · Wikipedia
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Getting to U.S. Coast Guard Historic District
- Airports
- Charleston (CHS), 24 km · Myrtle Beach (MYR), 133 km · Savannah Hilton Head (SAV), 145 km
- Myrtle Beach → U.S. Coast Guard Historic District7731 km · quickest by air, 15h 11m · $720–1,110
- Savannah → U.S. Coast Guard Historic District1 km · quickest by road, 3 min · $0
- Charlotte → U.S. Coast Guard Historic District7521 km · quickest by air, 15h 9m · $710–1,100
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- Get aroundA great way to tour the city is by carriage drawn by horses or mules (many vendors available at the Market in downtown Charleston), although one might prepare oneself for some derisive comment and exasperation from locals inconvenienced by such quaint methods of transit.
From Wikivoyage: Charleston (South Carolina), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to U.S. Coast Guard Historic District
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- Moultrieville Historic Districthistoric district in South Carolina, United States1.6 km
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