257 King Street (Stephen Thomas Building) / 259 King Street / 261 King Street
Entry/Object ID
KING.257-261.1
Scope and Content
Demolished to make way for F.W. Woolworth store.
No additional building history on file; needs further research.
File contains newspaper article (1936 DYKYC); description of Stephen Thomas Jr. & Bro. Jewelers (257 King Street); advertisement for D. Vogt Druggist and Apothecary [261 King Street] from the Business Guide of Charleston (ca. 1889); 1886 Earthquake Damage Assessment; 20th occupancy history from Old Codgers' Charleston Address Book; Sanborn Maps.
Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records
Acquisition
Accession
KING.257-261.
Source or Donor
257-261 King Street (Woolworth Building)
Acquisition Method
Collected by Staff
Lexicon
Search Terms
King Street, Demolished buildings, lost buildings, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, Commercial buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, Lost architecture--South Carolina--Charleston
Legacy Lexicon
Object Name
Property File
Archive Details
Archive Size/Extent
1 File Folder
Archive Notes
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 53
Shelf
Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves
Room
Margaretta P. Childs Archives
Building
Missroon House
Category
Permanent
Relationships
Related Entries
Notes
2004.021.035, 2009.013.16, 2013.012.07
Related Units of Description: King Street Survey (KING.GEN.001) and King Street "General" files (KING.GEN.002)
See also photographs of King Street from Beaufain Street (Relations and 2004.021.037).
General Notes
Note
Notes: Images 1-2 from documents in the Property File; image 3 found online by Kevin Eberle (Aug. 2013); image 4 provided by via email (10/30/2016) by Kevin Eberle who discovered it for sale on ebay. (#1 from 2005 King Street Survey.)
