43-47 Broad Street (Plenge Haberdashery)

Archive

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Historic Charleston Foundation

Plenge the Hatter

Plenge the Hatter

Name/Title

43-47 Broad Street (Plenge Haberdashery)

Entry/Object ID

BROAD.043-47.001

Scope and Content

Constructed ca. 1855; renovated ca. 1870. Although built in the antebellum period as the shop of the saddler and harness makers Charles Love and Conrad M. Wienges, this large structure was thoroughly altered in about 1870 by its subsequent owner, haberdasher Charles Plenge, with the addition of a pressed tin cornice and Italianate facade treatments in stucco. One of the enduring characteristics of the building is the late-19th century painting, The Hatter, on the west facade that formerly served as signage and a popular trademark. William Waller, a saddler, built the structure next door at 41 Broad Street. A subsequent owner added a new facade to this building with an Italianate cornice and window head within a few years after the Civil War. (Poston, Buildings of Charleston.) File contains brief building history from Information for Guides of Historic Charleston; photocopy of image and advertisement (City Directory?); typed title research notes (staff) dated 1969; copy of advertisement (illustrated) from "Resources & Attractions of Charleston" (ca. 1898); newspaper article about the "Hat Man" (2012); Rosen and Associates (engineers) inspection report for 45 Broad Street (1990) and reports for 43, 45, 47 Broad Street (2007). No image of building on file.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

BROAD.043-47.

Source or Donor

43-47 Broad Street (Plenge Haberdashery)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

Broad Street, Historic buildings--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 10

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

BROAD.043-47.002, BROAD.043-47.003, CHURCH.GEN.1a-c Related Units of Description: Preservation Consultants files (Part I and/or Part II applications and/or photos and/or miscellaneous documentation), 2011.022.1

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 63.

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

October 31, 2005

Updated By

admin@catalogit.app

Update Date

February 17, 2023