Confederate Home and College of
Charleston, S.C.
62 Broad Street, Charleston, SC
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 SSnowden Chpter president, Yvonne Coleman, makes the donation, which is accepted by Marge Palmer. |
The Snowden Chapter of OCR recently voted to make a donation to the Home to help with the renovations of the building formerly used as a courthouse. The officers were invited to take a tour of the buildings and grounds. The renovations are proceeding, but further donations are needed. | ||||||||||||||||||
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The Home for the Mothers, Widows, and Daughters of Confederate Soldiers was started by Mary Amarinthia Yates Snowden and her sister, Isabella Sarah Snowden. Later the school was added, known as the Confederate College. (see more information here) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Founders and Benefactors of the Confederate Home 1867
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 Jim Wigley points out details of some fireplaces that have been replaced over the years. |
From 1845, the courthouse building, overlooking cobble stoned Chalmers St, was occupied by the US District Court. In December 1860, news of Lincoln's election reached presiding Judge Andrew Gordon Magrath. He addressed the jurors, attorneys and spectators: "For the last time I have, as a Judge, administered the laws of the United States ... So far as I am concerned, the Temple of Justice, raised under the Constitution of the United States, is now closed. If it shall never again be opened, I thank God that its doors have been closed before its altar has been desecrated with sacrifices to tyranny." Judge Magrath was back in 1861 as a Confederate court judge. The Confederate court met here until February 1865 when Federal troops entered the city. Following the end of the War, the courthouse was subdivided into apartments. |
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When renovations are complete, the rooms will be available for meetings, receptions, or weddings, etc. The private walled courtyard is inches away from the bustle of downtown Charleston, but you can easily step back in time to a slower pace. | ||||||||||||||||||
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We are very happy to have met with Marge Palmer and Jim Wigley on this tour. Marge proudly sports the South Carolina Order of Confederate Rose with which she was presented. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Donations may be sent to the Confederate Home, 62 Broad St, Charleston, SC 29401. The office phone number is (843) 722-2026. | |||||||||||||||||||
