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Citizens and Southern National Bank ( C&S) began as a Georgia institution that expanded into South Carolina, Florida and into other states via mergers. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia; it was the largest bank in the Southeast for much of the 20th century. C&S merged with Sovran Bank in 1990 to form C&S/Sovran in hopes of fending off a hostile ...
Citizens and Southern National Bank of South Carolina. / 32.77667°N 79.93000°W / 32.77667; -79.93000. Citizens and Southern National Bank of South Carolina is a building on 50 Broad St., Charleston, South Carolina. [2] [3] It was named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
The history of Charleston, South Carolina, is one of the longest and most diverse of any community in the United States, spanning hundreds of years of physical settlement beginning in 1670. Charleston was one of leading cities in the South from the colonial era to the Civil War in the 1860s. [1] [2] The city grew wealthy through the export of ...
In 1979, Carolina State Bank of Gastonia, started in 1971, became part of Southern National. [2] In 1982, Southern National took over Winston-Salem-based Forsyth Bank & Trust, led by Glenn Orr. [3] In 1985, Southern National had assets of $1.5 billion. With the purchase of a former Northwestern Bank branch in Hickory, which had to be sold after ...
John Caldwell Calhoun ( / kælˈhuːn /; [1] March 18, 1782 – March 31, 1850) was an American statesman and political theorist who served as the seventh vice president of the United States from 1825 to 1832. Born in South Carolina, he adamantly defended American slavery and sought to protect the interests of white Southerners.
The South Financial Group was the parent company of Carolina First, with branch locations in North and South Carolina and Mercantile Bank, with branch locations in Florida. [2] The South Financial Group began posting heavy losses in 2008 and lost more than $1.7 billion before its sale in 2010 to TD Bank Financial Group of Toronto, Ontario ...
Charleston, South Carolina. / 32.78333°N 79.93194°W / 32.78333; -79.93194. Charleston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, [9] and the principal city in the Charleston metropolitan area. [b] The city lies just south of the geographical midpoint of South Carolina's ...
The Morris Island Lighthouse is a lighthouse on Morris Island in South Carolina. The light stands on the southern side of the entrance to Charleston Harbor, north of the City of Folly Beach. [2] [3] At 161 ft (49 m), it is the tallest lighthouse in South Carolina. [4] The lighthouse was named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.