Name/Title
A Walk Around Ye Olde CharlestonEntry/Object ID
2005.001.02Scope and Content
Contains a brief history of Charleston, along with histories in the form of walking tour guidebook, featuring buildings, houses, and sites throughout Charleston, ca. 1890s-early 1900s. Also contains 24 photographs, mounted on each page, and 1 photo on cover. Text by Harriette Kershaw Leiding; published by Lanneau's Art Store (Charleston, SC), 1912.
Photographs include:
1) U.S. Custom House [200 East Bay Street]
2) St. Michael's Church [80 Meeting Street]
3) Central Market [188 Meeting Street, Meeting Hall]
4) St. Michael's Alley
5) South Carolina Hall [72 Meeting Street, South Carolina Society Hall]
6) Scotch Presbyterian Church [57 Meeting Street, First Scots Presbyterian Church]
7) Horry House [59 Meeting Street, Branford-Horry House]
8) The Huger House [34 Meeting Street, Daniel Elliott Huger House]
9) Peter Trezevant's House, Stall's Alley [7 Stoll's Alley] (see Notes)
10) First Baptist Church [61-63 Church Street]
11) Longitude Lane [28 Longitude Lane at right; 69 Church visible in background; cotton processing plant - 59 East Bay Street - at left]
12) Old Planters' Hotel [135 Church Street, Dock Street Theater]
13) Huguenot Church [136 Church Street, French Protestant Huguenot Church]
14) St. Philip's Church [146 Church Street]
15) Interior and Exterior of the Powder Magazine [21 Cumberland Street]
16) Old Slave Market [6 Chalmers Street, Old Slave Mart]
17) The Smythe Gateway [14 Legare Street, Pineapple Gate House]
18) The Simonton Gateway [32 Legare Street, Sword Gate House]
19) The Pringle House [27 King Street, Miles Brewton House]
20) East Battery
21) French Coffee House and Old Post Office or Exchange [120 and 122 East Bay Street]
22) The Riggs' Residence [350 Meeting Street, Joseph Manigault House]
23) Captain F.W. Wagener's Country Residence [now Lowndes Grove Plantation]
24) College of Charleston
25) Image of a view of the Walled City from the Cooper River on cover.
See the book on the Lowcountry Digital Library at http://lcdl.library.cofc.edu/lcdl/catalog/lcdl:25834.
Physical Characteristics: [28] leaves, ill., 27 x 32 cm. , paperbackCollection
HCF Image CollectionAcquisition
Accession
2005.001.Source or Donor
New Archives Catalog Records (2005)Acquisition Method
Collected by StaffLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
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BookNomenclature Sub-Class
Other DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
St. Michael's Alley, Longitude Lane, East Battery, Meeting Street, Tourist maps, tourist publications, Lowcountry Digital Library, Charleston (S.C.)--Pictorial works, Charleston (S.C.)--Guidebooks, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, Customhouses--South Carolina--Charleston, St. Michael's Episcopal Church (Charleston, S.C.), First Scots Presbyterian Church (Charleston, S.C.), First Baptist Church (Charleston, S.C.), Hotels--South Carolina--Charleston, French Protestant Huguenot Church (Charleston, S.C.), St. Philip's Church (Charleston, S.C.), Powder Magazine (Charleston, S.C.), Old Exchange Building and Provost Dungeon (Charleston, S.C.), College of Charleston, United States Custom House (Charleston, S.C.), Market Hall (Charleston, S.C.), Sword Gate House (Charleston, S.C.), Planters Hotel (Charleston, S.C.)Archive Details
Creator
Leiding, Harriette KershawDate(s) of Creation
1912Archive Size/Extent
[6] p., [24] leaves : ill. ; 27 x 32 cm.Archive Notes
Date(s): 1912
Finding Aids: Index to Document Box (Photo Collection, "Oversized," etc.)
Level of Description: ItemLocation
Location
Container
PhotoBoxShelf
AV MaterialsRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentDate
February 7, 2023Location
Container
Oversize Photos BoxBuilding
Missroon/Archives/AV MaterialsCategory
PermanentExhibitions
Notes
Exhibit Start: 2012-09-25General Notes
Note
Notes: "October, 1911"--Last page.
Inscribed by author (June 9th 1912)--Title page.
The identification of photograph #9 as Peter Trezevant's House is likely an error; it is 7 Stoll's Alley.Created By
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October 19, 2005Updated By
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February 16, 2023