Name/Title
1 Broad Street (State Bank of South Carolina Building)Entry/Object ID
BROAD.001.001Scope and Content
Constructed 1853; restored 1978. Edward C. Jones and Francis Lee, architects. Jones and Lee, Charleston's most notable antebellum architectural partnership, designed this 3 story brownstone building in the Renaissance Revival style. Damaged by shelling in the Civil War, it was reopened in 1868 for the company of former blockade runner and confederate treasurer, George Trenholm. The edifice was purchased in 1875 for the Carolina Savings Bank owned by George Williams, builder of the imposing house at 16 Meeting Street. Important exterior features include the curvilinear bay with entry door and engaged portico, and the dissimilar lion-headed keystones above each first floor window. The interior lobby was restored when the building returned to bank usage in 1978 and still contains its Rococo Revival style plaster cornice and frieze. (Source: The Buildings of Charleston by Jonathan Poston.)
File contains articles "State Bank" (Daily Courier, 1853), "Carolina Savings Bank" (DYKYC, 1948), "Building at No. 1 Broad Street Has Served City 104 Years" (DYKYC, 1957), "Jones & Lee Designed Remarkable Buildings" (DYKYC, 1981), "Broad Embraced by Bank" (1995), "One Broad Street: An Architectural Gem (Eastman, 2016)"; building history from Information for Guides of Historic Charleston; building history by Mark Beck (building owner); brochure "One Broad Street: The Story of a Building and its Times"; copies of images from books including Antebellum Architecture & Civic Destiny, Charleston in 1883, Architects of Charleston, Charleston Illustrated, The Doors and Gates of Charleston; realtor's sales brochure (2009); plats (1852, 1866).
Image #2 from Guide to Charleston Illustrated, ca. 1875.Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Property RecordsAcquisition
Accession
BROAD.001.Source or Donor
1 Broad Street (State Bank of South Carolina Building)Acquisition Method
Collected by StaffLexicon
Search Terms
Broad Street, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, Bank buildings--South Carolina--CharlestonArchive Details
Archive Size/Extent
1 File FolderArchive Notes
Finding Aids: Index to Property Files.
Level of Description: FolderLocation
Location
Shelf
Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentDate
February 7, 2023Location
Container
PF Box 8Shelf
Prop File Shelves, Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentRelationships
Related Entries
Notes
BROAD.001.002, BROAD.001.003, BROAD.GEN.002a-c
Related Units of Description: Illustration of interior room of bank after 1861 shelling and fire, 2011.009.1.Related Publications
Notes
Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 55Created By
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September 16, 2005Updated By
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February 17, 2023