The Hibezion Society Hall Building

Title

The Hibezion Society Hall Building

Artist

Norma Brandsberg

Medium

Photograph - Photograph

Description

Charleston, South Carolina is filled with interesting buildings that capture the attention of tourists who flock to this interesting historic city. One historic building I found especially fascinating and picturesque was the Hibezion (Hibernian) Society Hall, National Historic Landmark because of it's classic, pure lines and wonderful lighting in the evening. Hibernian Hall was the first semi-public building of pure Greek style to be built in the city. Some building are better captured at night and I think this is one of those buildings. I find this building one of the most appealing in Charleston with it's clean, beautiful lines! After I traveled home I had to find out more about it's construction and history.

Hibernian Hall is located at an intersection known as the "Four Corners of Law". The hall was constructed in 1840 to a design by Thomas U. Walter of Philadelphia for the Hibernian Society of Charleston, an Irish benevolent society. This group had organized in 1801, made up largely of Irish immigrants. This is the only known work of Walter's in Charleston. The Irish harp carved in the panel above the main door and within the iron gates, as well as a stone from Ireland's Giant's Causeway, reflect the ethnic heritage of the Hall's founders.

It is a two-story brick structure, clad in white-painted stucco, its principal architectural feature a Greek temple front with six Ionic columns, supporting an entablature and pediment. The architect modeled the columns and entablature on those of the Temple of Illisius. Master artisan Christopher Werner crafted the stunning black iron gates.

The classical effect was modified in the late 19th century by the addition of dentils and modillions to the cornice, and the insertion of an arched Italianate window into the tympanum of the pediment. These alterations were made during repairs and restoration after the building was damaged in the 1886 Charleston earthquake.

Hibernian Hall is the only remaining building associated with the 1860 Democratic National Convention, one of the most critical political gatherings in United States history. The building served as convention headquarters for the faction of the Democratic Party supporting presidential candidate Stephen A. Douglas. The first floor was used as a meeting space, and the second floor as living quarters for the delegates, who slept on hundreds of cots set up for the occasion.No one Democratic candidate could garner sufficient support. The party's divisiveness contributed to the election of the Republican candidate, Abraham Lincoln.

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