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Exterior view of the Exchange building, Charleston, South Carolina, USA, 1940.
Exterior view of the Exchange building, Charleston, South Carolina, USA, 1940. Postcard. Completed in 1771, this Georgian building is one of the most important colonial era structures in Charleston. In 1774 representatives from all over the colony of South Carolina met at the Exchange to elect their delegates to the Continental Congress which drafted the Declaration of Independence. During the Revolutionary War the British used it as a barracks and a prison. A grand ball was held inside for George Washington when he visited Charleston in 1791.
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AR952619
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4088px × 2613px
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HIP / Art Resource, NY
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18th century
1940s
20th century
AMERICA
American
American Revolution 1775-1783
AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR
American War of Independence 1775-1783
Architecture
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BUILDINGS
CHARLESTON
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Curt Teich Postcard Archives
DECADE
eighteenth century
EXCHANGE
Exterior
FORTIES
GEORGIAN
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Postcard
Rebellion
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SOUTH CAROLINA
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UNITED STATES
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