Honoring Charleston's Naval History

Joining many other sites throughout the region, the Officers’ Housing District on the former Charleston Naval Base is now in the National Register of Historic Places. Frederick Law Olmsted, the father of American landscape architecture and designer of New York’s Central Park, landscaped the site then called Chicora Park in 1896, and ancient live oaks, magnolias and drifts of azaleas still shelter the 24 significant structures on the gentle slopes overlooking the Cooper River, while the oldest building dates to 1898. The majority of the property is owned by The Noisette Co., whose ambitious plans for redevelopment in North Charleston include The Navy Yard at Noisette, described as “340 acres of high-energy urban flavor, innovative newliving spaces, commercial, retail, restaurant and office destinations.” http://www.noisettesc.com/