Hibernian Hall

Infobox_nrhp | name =Hibernian Hall
nrhp_type = nhl


caption =
location= 105 Meeting St., Charleston, South Carolina
lat_degrees = 32
lat_minutes = 46
lat_seconds = 38
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 79
long_minutes = 55
long_seconds = 54
long_direction = W
locmapin = South Carolina
area =
built =1860
architect= Unknown
architecture= Greek Revival
designated= November 07, 1973cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1376&ResourceType=Building
title=Hibernian Hall |accessdate=2008-03-21|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = November 07, 1973cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=73001686

Hibernian Hall in Charleston, South Carolina, United States, is located at 105 Meeting Street, just north of the intersection of Meeting and Broad Street, more commonly referred to as the "Four Corners of the Law". The building was constructed in 1840 by Thomas U. Walter of Philadelphia in the Greek Revival style, with six giant-order Ionic columns supporting the pediment. The building is home to the Hibernian Society, an Irish benevolent society.

Hibernian Hall is the only remaining building associated with the Democratic National Convention of 1860, one of the most critical political gatherings in United States history. The building served as convention headquarters for the faction of the Democratic Party supporting presidential candidate Stephen A. Douglas. The first floor was used as a meeting space, and the second floor as living quarters for the delegates, who slept on hundreds of cots set up for the occasion.fact|date=March 2008 No one Democratic candidate could garner sufficient support, and the party's divisiveness led to the election of the Republican candidate, Abraham Lincoln.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1973.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/73001686.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Hibernian Society Hall] |32 KB|date=April 19, 1973 |author=Tray Stephenson and Bernard Kearse |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/73001686.pdf "Accompanying two photos, exterior, from 1973"] |32 KB]

The SC DAH summary is here.cite web|url=http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/charleston/S10817710063/index.htm
title=Hibernian Hall, Charleston County (105 Meeting St., Charleston) |accessdate=2008-03-21|work=National Register Properties in South Carolina listing|publisher=South Carolina Department of Archives and History]

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External links

* [http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/charleston/S10817710063/index.htm Hibernian Hall, Charleston County (105 Meeting St., Charleston)] , with 5 photos, at South Carolina Department of Archives and History
* [http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/charleston/ Historic Charleston's Religious and Community Buildings, a National Park Service "Discover Our Shared Heritage" Travel Itinerary]