Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina
SULLIVAN’S ISLAND IS JUST bags, for 10 hours. The spongy fittingly named for Poe.
minutes from all that historic logs absorbed the British cannon- The island is home to an unusual
Charleston and booming Mount balls, allowing the militia to inflict lighthouse, a triangular tower of steel
Pleasant have to offer, yet it might much damage on the invading fleet and concrete sheathed in aluminum
as well be a thousand miles away. A and driving it from Charleston that was built in 1962, replacing the
sophisticated island town, it offers Harbor. Meanwhile, the Americans original structure built in 1848 and
its residents and visitors no flashing repulsed the efforts of a British rebuilt in 1872. The modern, air-
neon signs, no shopping malls, no force under Sir Henry Clinton to conditioned lighthouse is the only
golf courses and not even a stoplight, cross from Long Island (now the one in the United States with an
just a small downtown district that Isle of Palms) to Sullivan’s Island elevator. Originally equipped with a
features primarily upscale restaurants and attack the fort from the rear. 28-million candlepower light, it was
and watering holes. And that’s the Fort Moultrie saw action in downgraded to a little more than 1
way the islanders plan to keep it. the Civil War and again during million candlepower, but it can still
Originally known as O’Sullivan’s World War II, when its garrison be seen 28 miles out to sea.
Island after Capt. Florence was charged with watching for Today, Sullivan’s Island epito-
O’Sullivan, as Irishman who enemy submarines. The bunkers mizes the unhurried, casual life-
was stationed there as a light- and battlements remain, facing style of a beach community. Resi-
house keeper, the island paradise the sea, and the fort draws many dents get around on foot, on bikes
is drenched in history. The first visitors each year. American author or in golf carts. When they need to
patriot victory of the Revolutionary Edgar Allan Poe was stationed at leave the island, they travel across
War was hatched there on June 28, Fort Moultrie during a stint in the an old-fashioned drawbridge.
1776, at what is now Fort Moult- Army in 1827 and 1828, using There are no hotels of any sort and
rie. British naval forces led by Sir the island as a setting for his story, rental properties are frowned upon
Peter Parker bombarded the fort, “The Gold Bug.” The library, in this family-oriented, close-knit
made of palmetto logs and sand- housed in a renovated bunker, is community.
At A Glance
Sullivan’s Island, SC
Population: 1,911
Average Temp: 73 F
Average Age: 39
Nearest Hospital:
East Cooper Regional Medical
Center
Nearest Major Airport:
Charleston International Airport
Sullivan’s Island Info:
Town of Sullivan’s Island
www.sullivansisland-sc.com
(843) 883-3198
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