17 Lockwood Drive (West Point Rice Mill)

Archive

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Historic Charleston Foundation

City Marina/West Point Rice Mill

City Marina/West Point Rice Mill

Name/Title

17 Lockwood Drive (West Point Rice Mill)

Entry/Object ID

LOCKWOOD.017.1

Scope and Content

Largest antebellum rice mill in South Carolina. Built on the Ashley River (at the west end of Calhoun Street) in 1839 by Jonathan Lucas, III (d. 1853). The main factory was housed in a 4-story brick building. The mill complex had workers' quarters, a cooperage, wharves, a rough rice storehouse, a carpenter's shop, a small flour mill, and a blacksmith shop. (Source: CofC catalog record for collection of WPRM Papers) File contains newspaper articles about a 1989 fire, the renovation of the building, brief history, and the receipt of Carolopolis award; building history from Information for Guides of Historic Charleston; company description (and photo) from "Resources & Attractions of Charleston" (ca. 1898) (pamphlet 135); reminiscences of West Point Rice Mill from "Brief History of Barre Street" (J. Palmer Gaillard); excerpt, "West Point Rice Mills," from 1937 City Yearbook. Image from Postcard collection.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

LOCKWOOD.017.

Source or Donor

17 Lockwood Drive

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

Lockwood Drive, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, West Point Rice Mill (Charleston, S.C.)

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Property File

Archive Details

Archive Size/Extent

1 File Folder

Archive Notes

Associated Material: West Point Rice Mill Company Records, 1885-1925, at C of C Special Collections, Mss 0051 City Year Book, 1937, contains two photos, "The West Point Mill building as it appeared in 1936" and "The Old Road leading to West Point Mill [ca. 1880s]." Finding Aids: Index to Property Files Level of Description: Folder

Location

Location

Shelf

Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Location

Container

PF Box 65

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

2004.020.121, 2006.007.25, 2011.022.80a-l, 2011.022.81a-c, 2013.003.15a-c, LOCKWOOD.017.2, LOCKWOOD.017.3, LOCKWOOD.017.4, LOCKWOOD.017.5 a-f, LOCKWOOD.017.6 Related Units of Description: Preservation Consultants files (Part I and/or Part II applications and/or photos and/or miscellaneous documentation), 2011.022.1

General Notes

Note

Notes: Image #2 in this record from 1937 City Yearbook; image #3 from 1944 City Yearbook.

Created By

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Create Date

March 3, 2010

Updated By

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Update Date

February 16, 2023