Name/Title
157 Broad Street (Lutjen's Grocery a/k/a Burbage's Grocery)Entry/Object ID
BROAD.157.001Scope and Content
Constructed 1874. This is the only surviving corner grocery store in the South of Broad neighborhood. This type of corner store remains a viable part of some neighborhoods to the north, but it is one of Charleston's most threatened vernacular resources. Burbage's was built in 1874 by the Lutjen family, who immigrated to Charleston from Hanover in Germany, to house their store and saloon. A former house on the site was destroyed in the fire of 1861, and much of this part of Broad Street was rebuilt in the 1870s and 1880s by persons of German extraction. Berend Lutjen built the single houses at 159-163 Broad in 1878-80. Burbage's grocery store moved to this address from another downtown location in 1961. Although the interior has been modernized, the piazza still leads to a stairway accessing family living quarters above.
File contains brief narrative history; copy of McCrady plat/drawing (no. 3422) of the Charleston Theater previously built on this site; newspaper article (DYKYC, 1982)..Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Property RecordsAcquisition
Accession
BROAD.157.Source or Donor
157 Broad Street (Lutjen's Grocery a/k/a Burbage's Grocery)Acquisition Method
Collected by StaffLexicon
Search Terms
Corner store, Broad Street, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, Corner stores--South Carolina--Charleston, Theaters--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 16Shelf
Prop File Shelves, Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
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Notes
Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 299Created By
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February 2, 2006Updated By
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February 17, 2023