Broad Street (General)

Broad Street, Looking East

Broad Street, Looking East

Name/Title

Broad Street (General)

Entry/Object ID

BROAD.GEN.001

Scope and Content

Broad Street was just that, the broadest street in Charles Town. The street was 61 feet wide at the intersection of East Bay and 100 feet wide between St. Michael's Church and the Beef Market, which stood on the site of City Hall. Records during the period, 1698 to 1714 interchangeably, refer to Broad Street and Cooper Street, presumably for Lord Anthony Ashley Cooper. (Charleston Streets website) File contains history of Broad Street (excerpt from Charleston Streets); HCF walking tour brochure "Broad Street, Charleston, South Carolina, a Walking Adventure"; plats of Broad Street (south side between King and Meeting, 95 Broad Street, Broad and Meeting); newspaper article outlining Broad Street history in time; excerpts featuring Broad Street from "Resources & Attractions of Charleston" (ca. 1898), including photographs (Broad Street looking west from East Bay and of the residence portion of Broad Street (170 block); newspaper article about Anderson Lumber Company (office at 305 Broad Street) (Mercury, Nov. 2015), and excerpt from Old Codgers Charleston Address Book (foot of Broad at Ashley Avenue).

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

BROAD.GEN.

Source or Donor

Broad Street (General)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

Broad Street, Intersections, Streets--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 8

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

General Notes

Note

Notes: Image #3 from Earthquake Views.

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

September 14, 2005

Updated By

admin@catalogit.app

Update Date

February 17, 2023