Jon Guerry Taylor & Associates, Inc.

Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum is a 400 acre harborfront recreational area and home of the historic Air Craft Carrier USS Yorktown. The original plan completed in the early seventies was outdated and contained planning elements that were no long feasible. Recent construction projects had placed a financial strain on the project and a complete reanalysis of development options was needed.

JGT was responsible for site investigation, site planning, programming, engineering feasibility studies and generation of a new Master Plan. Public meetings and planning sessions were held to garner the public’s response to new plan elements. The new plan recognizes the unique aspects and development opportunities of this project while still integrating the ongoing growth of the Naval and Maritime Museum. The new plan was also the first to place the waterfront into the public domain by providing a perimeter walkway, fishing pier, amphitheater and greenway along the Charleston Harbor.

Patriots Point is South Carolina’s most famous and most visited tourist attraction. The Naval and Maritime Museum with the USS Yorktown, USS Clamagore, and USS Laffey as its center pieces is now the heart of a new planned commercial, retail and recreational development area which will serve a multiple of unique waterfront activities. This new Master Plan has become the accepted and endorsed version of how Patriots Point will be developed over the next 15 years.