Dock Street Theater Before and After WPA Restoration [135 Church Street]

Photograph

Historic Charleston Foundation

a: Dock Street Theater Before Restoration (ca. 1935)

Origsize: 3.75x4.75; Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 150 dpi

Name/Title

Dock Street Theater Before and After WPA Restoration [135 Church Street]

Entry/Object ID

CHURCH.135.3a-b

Description

Four photographs of the Dock Street Theater before and after the first restoration by the Workers Progress Administration (WPA): a: View of the exterior of the building (east elevation) before restoration, ca. 1935. b: Drawing room before restoration, ca. 1935. c: View of the exterior view of the building (east elevation) after restoration, 1937. d: Drawing room after restoration, 1937.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

CHURCH.135.

Source or Donor

135 Church Street (Planters Hotel/Dock Street Theater)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Made/Created

Artist

Unattributed

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

Drawing rooms

Search Terms

Church Street, Interiors, Before and after, Dock Street Theater (Charleston, S.C.)--Conservation and restoration, Theaters--South Carolina--Charleston--Conservation and restoration

Dimensions

Height

3-3/4 in

Width

4-3/4 in

Location

Cabinet

Photo File Cabinets

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Date

February 7, 2023

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Notes

All four photographs have the remnants of glue on the back from having been torn out of an album of some kind. Photo B has some tearing.

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

2004.020.013, 2005.006.3, 2006.005.013, 2011.015.37a-b, 2011.015.38, 2012.002.078, 2013.010.04, 2015.018.9a-b, 2015.026.2, 2016.016.04, 2021.013.2a-b, CHURCH.135.1, CHURCH.135.10, CHURCH.135.11, CHURCH.135.12, CHURCH.135.13, CHURCH.135.2, CHURCH.135.4, CHURCH.135.5, CHURCH.135.6, CHURCH.135.7, CHURCH.135.8a-b, CHURCH.135.9

General Notes

Note

Notes: Note accompanying the photos stated "Dock Street Theater restoration."

Created By

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Create Date

May 4, 2012

Updated By

admin@catalogit.app

Update Date

February 17, 2023