Courtenay Square, Meeting and Wentworth Streets, Charleston, SC

            "On this site a cast-iron pavilion, erected in 1885, covers an artesian well [1846], 1,800 feet deep, that served Charleston residents with pure water, especially during times of yellow fever epidemics. Designs for a small park on this site, named for Charleston's mayor William Ashmead Courtenay, were altered after the earthquake of 1886, when plans were developed to construct modern fire stations at convenient points in the city rather than repairing the old damaged buildings. The L-shaped Central Fire Station, built in a restrained Italianate Renaissance Revival style with splendid brick detailing, was completed by 1888 at a cost of $14,000. Today the structure houses firemen and equipment as well as a well-maintained late-nineteenth-century engine, usually visible from Wentworth Street." --Poston, The Buildings of Charleston (1997).

Several years ago the small park was redesigned and landscaped, and the pavilion was restored. Mayor Joseph P. Riley, Jr., and Fire Chief Karen Brack officially dedicated Courtenay Square in May, 2013.

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Taken on: March 17, 2016

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