143 Calhoun Street (Knights of Columbus Hall)

Archive

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Historic Charleston Foundation

143 Calhoun Street

143 Calhoun Street

Name/Title

143 Calhoun Street (Knights of Columbus Hall)

Entry/Object ID

CALHOUN.143.01

Scope and Content

Constructed 1907; repaired after fire 1947. Decimus C. Barbot, architect; J. T. Snelson, Contractor. This brick, Gothic style building on a high basement continues to house the Charleston Chapter of the Knights of Columbus, a Catholic men's fraternal order dedicated to charitable causes. In 1923 the building served as the venue for a speech by the Irish leader Eamonn DeValera, later the first president of the Irish Republic. DeValera was invited by then mayor John P. Grace to speak at the County Hall on Upper King Street. Grace, Charleston's first Irish Catholic mayor, was forced by local opinion to move the speech from the public site to this building. In 1947 a fire gutted the upper story; repairs were accomplished through a loan of $12,000 from Charleston's Episcopal churches. File contains HCF staff research notes; copy of bill from J.M. Connelley, Furnishing Undertaker and Practical Embalmer, with office and warerooms at 143 Calhoun Street (dated 5/1/1887).

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

CALHOUN.143.

Source or Donor

143 Calhoun Street (Knights of Columbus Hall)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Fraternal organizations

Search Terms

Calhoun Street, Ansonborough, 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 17

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Barbot, Decimus C.

Related Entries

Notes

CALHOUN.143.02a-c, CALHOUN.143.03 Related Units of Description: See also "Ansonborough" document box, Preservation Topics shelves.

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 429-430.

Created By

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Create Date

May 10, 2006

Updated By

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Update Date

February 17, 2023