Charleston Navy Yard Historic District
National Register Listing
Street Address:
Portinons of Ave A, B, D, 2nd St, 4th St., Hayter St,North Hobson St., McMillan Ave., Machinists St., Pierside St., Pipefitters St., Roe Ave., Shipfitters Way, and Truxtun Ave., North Charleston, SC (Charleston County)
Alternate Name:
Charleston Naval Shipyard, Charleston Navy Base, Naval Base Charleston
NRHP Nomination
Record Number:
S10817710175
Description and Narrative:
The Charleston Navy Yard Historic District is nationally significant as the core collection of historic resources illustrating the establishment, growth, and development of the Charleston Navy Yard (later the Charleston Naval Shipyard and still later the Naval Base Charleston) from 1903 through 1945. The historic district includes 57 contributing historic buildings, structures, and objects associated with the Charleston Navy Yard, which served the United States Navy from 1903 to 1996. The historic resources in the district include machine shops, storage facilities, a power house, drydocks, piers, administrative facilities, and other buildings and structures related to ship construction and repair. Properties contributing to the significance of the district fall into four time periods and associated forms of architectural styles: the Neo-Classical style employed during the establishment and early years of the installation from 1903 to ca. 1910; the Moderne industrial form from the 1910s to the end of World War I; the Moderne construction of federal works projects from the inter-war period; and the largely utilitarian forms prevalent from the emergency period of the late 1930s through the end of World War II. The largest number of resources in the district relate to the shipyard's dramatic development just before and throughout World War II, a period when the Charleston Navy Yard experienced its most significant period of expansion. The primary role of the shipyard during World War II was to build and repair destroyers and destroyer escorts. The vessels constructed at the shipyard are well-documented for their contributions to the eventual Allied victory. At the end of war, the Navy drastically reduced the workload at the Charleston Navy Yard, but the yard was an active installation throughout the Cold War and until 1996. Listed in the National Register August 9, 2006.
Period of Significance:
1903 – 1945
Level of Significance:
National
Area of Significance:
Architecture;Military
National Register Determination:
listed
Date of Certification:
August 9 2006
