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Special facilities update: visitation rises and capital projects progress at historic sites

Charleston City Committee on Special Facilities · May 8, 2026
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Summary

City staff reported rising visitation at the Old Exchange Building, Old Slave Mart and Angel Oak, completed exterior painting at the Old Exchange, a new interpretive panel at the Old Slave Mart, ongoing Dock Street Theater flooring work, and a nearly complete MOU for Powder Magazine management.

Mister Froelich updated the Charleston City Committee on Special Facilities on May 7 about a range of cultural facilities, reporting increased visitation and several capital and operational items.

Froelich said the Old Exchange Building saw higher attendance this quarter, noting the building had “almost 10,000 visitors in April,” that exterior painting is complete and that plans to modernize the elevator include a $250,000 funding request the staff has…

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