Charleston County Courthouse (84 Broad Street)

Photograph

Historic Charleston Foundation

a: Charleston County Courthouse Frontispiece

Origsize: 9.5x6.5; Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 150 dpi

Name/Title

Charleston County Courthouse (84 Broad Street)

Entry/Object ID

BROAD.084.016a-c

Description

Three B&W photographs of the Charleston County Courthouse: a: Granite frontispiece, east elevation, Edward Viett, sculptor, 1883. As part of the reorientation plan of the Courthouse, the east doorway was made the primary entrance and a new granite frontispiece added to accentuate its importance. Ground-floor rustication was added at the same time. b: The removal of stucco from the lower stories of the Courthouse revealed the position of the original brick jack arches of the colonial statehouse. The decorative rubbed and gauged bricks forming the arch over a ground-floor window on the east wall remained exposed for a decade before the entire building was stuccoed in the 1760s. The statehouse windows were slightly higher and between 4 and 8 inches to one side of the present 1792 openings. c: Remains of lightning conductor and foundations of rear porch. Photographs and descriptions by Willie Graham, dated September, 1993.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

BROAD.084.

Source or Donor

84 Broad Street (Old SC Statehouse/Charleston County Courthouse)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Made/Created

Artist

Graham, William J.

Date made

1993

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Arches, Frontispieces

Search Terms

Broad Street, Street corner, Meeting Street, Charleston County Courthouse (Charleston, S.C.), Lightning conductors

Dimensions

Height

9-1/2 in

Width

6-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

9.5"x6.5" on 8"x10" paper

Location

Cabinet

Photo File Cabinets

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Date

February 7, 2023

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

2006.002.0004, 2009.002.070, 2009.002.071, 2013.026.11, BROAD.084.001, BROAD.084.002, BROAD.084.003, BROAD.084.004a-b, BROAD.084.005a-b, BROAD.084.006, BROAD.084.007, BROAD.084.008, BROAD.084.009, BROAD.084.010, BROAD.084.011, BROAD.084.012, BROAD.084.013, BROAD.084.014, BROAD.084.015a-h, BROAD.084.017a-k, BROAD.084.018, BROAD.084.019a-h, BROAD.084.020, BROAD.084.021a-c, BROAD.084.022, BROAD.084.023, BROAD.084.024, BROAD.084.025, BROAD.084.026, BROAD.084.027, BROAD.084.028, BROAD.084.029, BROAD.084.030

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Create Date

April 19, 2017

Updated By

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Update Date

February 17, 2023