Battery Gadsden

Battery Gadsden is a historic artillery battery located at Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, South Carolina. It was built in 1903–1904, and is one of a series of batteries stretching from Fort Moultrie to the eastern end of Sullivan's Island. Until decommissioned in 1917, the concrete battery housed four, six inch guns. It measures approximately 377 feet long and 84 feet wide, with the front or ocean side of the battery at approximately 7 feet high. Battery Gadsden and its neighbor Battery Thomson provided fortification at the mouth of Charleston Harbor.[2][3] The battery now houses the Edgar Allan Poe Branch of the Charleston County Public Library.

Battery Gadsden
Battery Gadsden, May 2010
Location2017 Ion Ave., Sullivan's Island, South Carolina
Coordinates32°45′36″N 79°50′23″W
Area0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built1903 (1903)-1904
Built byHowell, Capt. G. P.
NRHP reference No.74001842[1]
Added to NRHPJune 25, 1974

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Elias B. Bull (May 1974). "Battery Gadsden" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved June 2014. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  3. "Battery Gadsden, Charleston County (2017 Ion Ave., Sullivan's Island)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2014-08-01.

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