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84 Broad Street Old South Carolina Statehouse and Charleston County Courthouse
A 1770 description of the State House describes the ceremonial furnishings of the structure, including portraits of King George II and Queen Caroline. and elaborate chambers for the Governor's Council and Commons House of Assembly. It was here that great affairs of state were announced to the public from a balcony overlooking Meeting Street. Here, too, at the end of royal government, the Declaration of Independence was first read publicly in South Carolina.
The building continued to serve as the State House after the American Revolution. In 1786 however, the legislature voted to move the…
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