Name/Title
Hampstead Commons Street Scenes, Buildings, and HousesEntry/Object ID
2011.022.104Description
Thirty-seven color negatives (35mm) featuring mostly commercial buildings and street scenes mostly on Meeting Street between Line Street and Columbus Street and vicinity. Sleeve labeled "Hampstead Commons."
1: View south on Meeting Street from 476 Meeting to just south of Columbus Street. 464 Meeting and 460 Meeting at right; Pic'n Pay shoe store (458 Meeting) just beyond. 476 Meeting and 474 Meeting at left, both now gone.
2: Church's Chicken (492 Meeting) located at the northwest corner of the intersection of Meeting and Line Streets.
3: KFC (483 Meeting) located near the southwest corner of the intersection of Meeting and Line Streets. (Now a Pizza Hut.)
4: View east on Line Street from Meeting.
5: Possibly the view west on Line Street from Meeting.
6: View of 496 Meeting, 498 Meeting, and 502 Meeting from across the street. Entrance to Interstate 26 and US 17 in background.
7: View of 491 Meeting, 493 Meeting (Milligan's Barber Shop), and 495 Meeting.
8: View of 504 Meeting (Big Zee's) and 502 Meeting from the intersection of Meeting and Sheppard Streets.
9: View east on Line Street from Duc's Court to Nassau Street. Features St. Daniel Missionary Baptist Church at left (28 Line Street). Also in view, 26 Line, 24 Line, 22 Line.
10-11: Two photographs of the site of what appears to be a defunct gas station and a side view of a two-story dwelling, likely at or near the intersection of Meeting and Sheppard Streets.
12: View of the KFC (483 Meeting) located at the intersection of Meeting and Line Streets. 34 Line and 36 Line also in view at right.
13: View of the intersection of Meeting and Line Streets, featuring 487 Meeting and 34 Line Streets.
14-18: Star Gospel Mission (474 Meeting Street). Photos 15-16 also show 476 Meeting Street. Both buildings are gone now.
19-21 and 23-24: Views of the block south on Meeting Street from just south of 474 Meeting. Features 464 Meeting, 462 Meeting (Kat's), 460 Meeting (Simply Raw Hair Salon and F.P. Kordonis Grocery), and Pic'n Pay shoe store (458 Meeting).
22: Star Gospel Mission (474 Meeting) and 476 Meeting, both gone now.
25: View South on Meeting Street from the intersection at Columbus Street. Features the Pic'n Pay Shoe Store (458 Meeting) and Auto Supply and Equipment (456 Meeting).
26: Grocery store at 445 Meeting Street viewed from Columbus Street. May have been Piggly Wiggly at time of the photo. Signage for Price Wise Pharmacy and Lady Bug Florist on building.
27: View east on Columbus Street from Meeting Street, from 110 Columbus to 92 Columbus.
28: South elevation of 460 Meeting, 110 Columbus, and 106 Columbus.
29: South elevation of F.P. Kordonis Grocery (460 Meeting), and view of the corner of Columbus and Meeting Streets.
30: View north on Meeting Street from the intersection at Columbus Street. Watkins trucks and building in foreground. KFC (483 Meeting) and the house at 487 Meeting in background.
31: View west on Columbus Street from the Meeting Street intersection. Post & Courier building in background.
32: Partial view of the east elevation of 106 Columbus Street.
33: Partial view of the south (front) elevation of 106 Columbus Street.
34: View of 96-100 Columbus (Nelson Printing Corporation) and 94 Columbus.
35: View of rear of unidentified property.
36: View south on Meeting Street from the KFC (483 Meeting) toward Columbus Street.
37: Close-up view of a portion of the second story piazza of 476 Meeting Street.Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Property RecordsAcquisition
Accession
2011.022.Source or Donor
Laurens, JohnAcquisition Method
GiftCredit Line
Gift of John Laurens IIIMade/Created
Artist
Preservation ConsultantsDate made
circa 1990Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
NegativeNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsLOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Bus stopsSearch Terms
Meeting Street, Demolished buildings, lost buildings, Columbus Street, Line Street, Sheppard Street, Duc's Court, Commercial buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, Streets--South Carolina--Charleston, Fast food restaurants--South Carolina--Charleston, Lost architecture--South Carolina--Charleston, Church buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, Grocery stores--South Carolina--Charleston, Dwellings--South Carolina--CharlestonLocation
Location
Container
PresCons Photos 3Shelf
Archives H-1Room
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentDate
February 7, 2023Relationships
Related Entries
Notes
See Preservation Consultants certification application file (2011.022.1)Created By
admin@catalogit.appCreate Date
March 20, 2017Updated By
sferguson@historiccharleston.orgUpdate Date
August 23, 2023