Architecture of Charleston, South Carolina

The architecture of Charleston, the largest city in the US state of South Carolina, has English and Barbadian influences.

[1] The Charleston single house is the city's most famous architectural style.

[2] The zoning requirements of Charleston discourage tall buildings, and folklore states that no building can be taller than the tallest church steeple, which is that of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church.

[5] (78 m) (68 m) (62 m) (61 m) (Steeple completed 1850) (57 m) (56 m) (55 m) (52 m) (51 m) (Spire added 2010) (50 m) (48 m) Charleston has many bridges over the Ashley, Cooper, Stono, and Wando rivers due to the city's peninsular geography.

[14] The Board of Architectural Review is a part of the Charleston city government that was created in 1931 to oversee the preservation of buildings in the Charleston Historic District.