Calhoun Street (General)

Plat - Boundary Street

Plat - Boundary Street

Name/Title

Calhoun Street (General)

Entry/Object ID

CALHOUN.GEN.01

Scope and Content

From Charleston's Streets website, origin of name: Calhoun Street is named for John C. Calhoun, the "Great Nullifier. " Originally the eastern portion of the street was Boundary Street, as after the Revolution it marked the northern extent of the city. The area above Boundary Street was known as Charleston Neck. The portion west of King Street was called Manigault Street, for Peter Manigault, speaker of the House. The entire length of the street became Calhoun Street after the city limit was extended to Mount Pleasant street in 1849. File contains a few miscellaneous newspapers articles about the development of and on Calhoun Street; newspaper articles about a proposed building at 80 Calhoun Street; Census (date?) listing Calhoun Street residents.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

CALHOUN.GEN.

Source or Donor

Calhoun Street (General)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

Calhoun Street, 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 17

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

2008.002.0026, 2014.014.22, 2015.002.047

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

September 6, 2005

Updated By

admin@catalogit.app

Update Date

February 17, 2023