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

Harry Frank Guggenheim: Supporter of Aviation and Rocket Science

Photographed by Thomas Moore, March 7, 2025

1. Harry Frank Guggenheim: Supporter of Aviation and Rocket Science Marker

Inscription. Harry Frank Guggenheim was a leader in sponsoring research in many aspects of aviation, rocketry and jet propulsion. He headed the Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics, which engaged in a wide variety of aeronautical activities to advance the development of the aviation industry. The Fund helped establish a number of schools of aeronautical engineering, jet propulsion and aerospace propulsion sciences in leading American universities. As president of the Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Foundation, he provided sponsorship for much of the pioneering research of Dr. Robert H. Goddard, upon which all modern rocket and jet propulsion developments are based.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Science & Medicine.

Location. 32° 51.718′ N, 79° 54.342′ W. Marker is in Charleston, South Carolina, in Berkeley County. It is on Seven Farms Drive 0.1 miles south of Island Park Drive, Central Island Street, on the left when traveling west. Marker located in Guggenheim Plaza. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 200 Seven

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Farms Drive, Charleston SC 29492, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Lowcountry

and in Santee Cooper Country.

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 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Harry Frank Guggenheim, Daniel Island Land Owner (within shouting distance of this marker); The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Harry Frank Guggenheim (within shouting distance of this marker); Etiwan Island (approx. ¼ mile away); Daniel's Landing Oak (approx. 0.4 miles away); Pritchard Shipyard (approx. half a mile away); Site of Fairbank Plantation (approx. half a mile away); Ferries (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map

Photographed by Thomas Moore, March 7, 2025

2. Harry Frank Guggenheim: Supporter of Aviation and Rocket Science Marker

of all markers in Charleston.

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Credits. This page was last revised on April 12, 2025. It was originally submitted on March 7, 2025, by Thomas Moore of Charleston, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 123 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 7, 2025, by Thomas Moore of Charleston, South Carolina. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.