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Fireproof Building
The Fireproof Building, also known as the County Records Building, is located at 100 Meeting Street, Charleston, South Carolina. Built in 1827, it was the most completely fire-resistant building in America and it is believed to be the oldest fire-resistant building in America today. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1973.
==Description and history==
The Fireproof Building is set in central Charleston, at the northwest corner of Washington Square. It is a two-story masonry structure, set on a tall stone foundation with an arcade of round-arch openings, and built out brick that has been stuccoed to resemble stone.〔 The building is in the Palladian style, with Doric porticoes north and south, and achieves a sophisticated appearance with clean and crisp lines, and relatively little ornamentation. Inside, the building has an oval stair hall lit by a cupola. The stone stairs are cantilevered through three stories.
The building was designed by Robert Mills and constructed by John G. Spindle in 1827. Mills, the nation's first domestically-trained architect, was an early advocate of buildings designed to include fire-resistant materials. It was originally used to house offices and records for Charleston County offices. Today, the building is the home of the South Carolina Historical Society.〔Edgar, Walter, ed. ''The South Carolina Encyclopedia'', University of South Carolina Press, 2006, p. 325, ISBN 1-57003-598-9〕
The Fireproof Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969,〔 and further was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1973.〔〔 and 〕
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