Exchange and Provost

Infobox_nrhp | name =Exchange and Provost
nrhp_type = nhl


caption = Exchange and Provost
location= E. Bay and Broad Streets, Charleston, South Carolina
lat_degrees = 32
lat_minutes = 46
lat_seconds = 31
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 79
long_minutes = 55
long_seconds = 38
long_direction = W
locmapin = South Carolina
area =
built =1767
architect= Unknown
architecture= Georgian
designated= November 7, 1973cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=837&ResourceType=Building
title=Exchange and Provost |accessdate=2008-03-06|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = December 17, 1969cite 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=69000160

Exchange and Provost, also known as Custom House and Half-Moon Battery and The Exchange, was built in 1767.

The National Park Service describes: "...the structure has served as a customhouse, merchantile exchange, military prison and barracks, and post office. In 1790, the State Legislature met here to ratify the new State Constitution. The building was badly damaged by Union artillery fire during the Civil War and the great earthquake of 1886; it was repaired after each occasion."

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1973.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/69000160.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: The Exchange and Provost / The Exchange] |32 KB|date=January 9, 1973 |author=Charles W. Snell |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/69000160.pdf "Accompanying two photos, exterior, from 1972"] |32 KB]

The South Carolina Department of Archives and History summary is here.cite web|url=http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/charleston/S10817710010/index.htm
title=Exchange and Provost, Charleston County (E. Bay & Broad Sts., Charleston) |accessdate=2008-03-03|work=National Register Properties in South Carolina listing|publisher=South Carolina Department of Archives and History]

References

External links

* [http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/charleston/S10817710010/index.htm Exchange and Provost, Charleston County (E. Bay & Broad Sts., Charleston)] , including 13 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]