South of Broad in Charleston in Charleston County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Hurricane Hugo

Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, May 17, 2009

1. Hurricane Hugo Marker

Inscription. On the night of September 21, 1989, Hurricane Hugo struck the South Carolina Lowcountry. During that night winds reached 125 miles per hour and a storm surge of 15 feet swept over nearby McClellanville. The eye of Hugo passed over Charleston at midnight.
This devastating hurricane caused more than six billion dollars damage in South Carolina and left thousands homeless.
The greatest cost was the twenty-six lives lost to the storm and its aftermath.
This plaque is dedicated to their memory. Trudy Whitener Ball, 71 Mt. Pleasant, SC • Ras McLellan, Jr., 76 Hamer SC • Terry Caspers, 30 Eastover SC • Samuel Middleton, 69 Eutawville, SC • Amanda Renee Carroll, 9 Conway SC • Christopher Shea Mounts, 8 Summerville, SC • Sheryl Christiansen, 41 Averill Park, NY • Robert Lee Page, 59 Charleston, SC • Leroy Crosov, 58 Kingstree, SC • Ernest B. Reeves, 56 Ladson, SC • Lamont Davis, 1 Mayesville, SC • Manning C. Rodgers, 74 Cassatt, SC • Florence Bette Dillinger, 65 Georgetown, SC • Dyrell Leondra Sinkler, 1 Pinewood, SC • Harold C. Hutson, 58 Charleston, SC • Kelly Denise Sinkler, 3 Pinewood, SC • Brian Arthur Jackson, 38 Fort Lauderdale, FL • Teresa Sinkler, 21 Pinewood, SC • Kathleen Ann Kelly Jackson, 41 Fort Lauderdale, FL • Paul Christopher Spencer, 30 James Island, SC • Calvin Jackson, Jr., 43 Hartsville, SC

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• Frierson Wilson, Jr., 32 Dalzell, SC • Isiah Mack, 67 Charleston, SC • Samuel Lee Winecoff, Jr., 58 Fort Mill, SC • Arthur McCloud, 54 Charleston, SC • Norman Dudley Wrenn, 84 Bonneau, SC

Erected 1990.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Disasters. A significant historical date for this entry is September 21, 1806.

Location. 32° 46.191′ N, 79° 55.717′ W. Marker is in Charleston, South Carolina, in Charleston County. It is in South of Broad. It is on East Battery, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1 E Battery, Charleston SC 29401, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Historic Charleston

and in the Lowcountry.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 10 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: USS Pringle (DD-477) (here, next to this marker); Ten - Inch Smooth Bore Columbaid Cannon (a few steps from this marker); Eleven - Inch Dahlgren Gun (a few steps from this marker); Moultrie (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Ten - Inch Smooth Bore Columbaid Cannon (within shouting distance of this marker); To the Defenders of Fort Moultrie (within shouting distance of this marker); The Salvaging of this Gun (within shouting distance of this marker); Charleston Waterfront (within shouting

Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, May 17, 2009

2. Hurricane Hugo Marker

distance of this marker); Confederate Defenders of Charleston (within shouting distance of this marker); William Gilmore Simms (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Charleston.

Also see . . . Hurricane Hugo. Hurricane Hugo was a classical, destructive and rare Cape Verde-type hurricane which struck the Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe, Montserrat, St. Croix, Puerto Rico and the USA mainland in South Carolina as a Category 4 hurricane during September of the 1989 Atlantic hurricane season. (Submitted on September 25, 2011, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina.)

Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, May 17, 2009

3. Hurricane Hugo Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 16, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 19, 2009, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 6,064 times since then and 110 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 19, 2009, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.