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

Cooper - O'Conner House

circa 1855

Photographed by Mike Stroud, December 29, 2011

1. Cooper O'Conner House Marker

Inscription. During the last months of the Civil War, several Union officers were confined by the Confederacy in this house. As retaliation for this imprisonment, President Lincoln moved six hundred Confederate prisoners from Fort Delaware to the stockade at Morris Island where they were under the fire of Confederate guns. Photographs taken after the occupation of Federal forces, show surrounding homes in ruin but not one shell fell on 180 Broad.

Erected by Preservation Society of Charleston.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #16 Abraham Lincoln, and the South Carolina, Preservation Society of Charleston series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1855.

Location. 32° 46.546′ N, 79° 56.336′ W. Marker is in Charleston, South Carolina, in Charleston County. It is in Harleston Village. It is on Broad Street, on the right when traveling west. Located between Trapman Street and Rutledge Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 180 Broad Street, 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,

specifically in the Deep South,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. 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: 31 Savage Street (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Moore-Trapman-Wragg House

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(about 600 feet away); First Medical College of South Carolina Site (approx. 0.2 miles away); United States Marine Hospital (approx. 0.2 miles away); Jenkins Orphanage (approx. 0.2 miles away); Old Marine Hospital (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Bowles - Legare House (approx. 0.2 miles away); Home of Robert Limehouse (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Charleston.

Cooper O'Conner House with Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, December 29, 2011

2. Cooper O'Conner House with Marker

Cooper O'Conner House image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, December 29, 2011

3. Cooper O'Conner House

Cooper O'Conner House at 180 Broad Street image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, December 29, 2011

4. Cooper O'Conner House at 180 Broad Street

Federal Officers Prison (Cooper - O'Conner House ) image. Click for full size.

Historic American Buildings Survey, Charles N. Bayless, August 1977

5. Federal Officers Prison (Cooper - O'Conner House )

Historic American Engineering Record : Habs SC,10-CHAR,221--2

Credits. This page was last revised on February 16, 2023. It was originally submitted on January 20, 2012, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 2,514 times since then and 174 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on January 20, 2012, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.