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Coordinates: 32°45′36″N 79°50′23″W / 32.76000°N 79.83972°W / 32.76000; -79.83972
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Battery Gadsden
Battery Gadsden, May 2010
Battery Gadsden is located in South Carolina
Battery Gadsden
Battery Gadsden is located in the United States
Battery Gadsden
Location2017 Ion Ave., Sullivan's Island, South Carolina
Coordinates32°45′36″N 79°50′23″W / 32.76000°N 79.83972°W / 32.76000; -79.83972
Area0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built1903 (1903)-1904
Built byHowell, Capt. G. P.
NRHP reference No.74001842[1]
Added to NRHPJune 25, 1974

Battery Gadsden is a historic artillery battery located at Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, South Carolina. It was built in 1903–1904, and is one of a series of batteries stretching from Fort Moultrie to the eastern end of Sullivan's Island. It was named after Christopher Gadsden.[2] Until decommissioned in 1917, the concrete battery housed four, six inch guns. It measures approximately 377 feet long and 84 feet wide, with the front or ocean side of the battery at approximately 7 feet high. Battery Gadsden and its neighbor Battery Thomson provided fortification at the mouth of Charleston Harbor.[3][4] The battery now houses the Edgar Allan Poe Branch of the Charleston County Public Library.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Battery Gadsden". SC Picture Project. 2016-05-20. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
  3. ^ Elias B. Bull (May 1974). "Battery Gadsden" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 2014-06-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "Battery Gadsden, Charleston County (2017 Ion Ave., Sullivan's Island)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2014-08-01.

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