Name/Title
3 Chisolm Street (Andrew B. Murray Vocational School)Entry/Object ID
CHISOLM.003.01Scope and Content
Constructed 1922-23, designed by David B. Hyer. Chisolm Street, named for the family that built the adjoining rice mill, borders a filled mill pond commonly referred to as the "Horse Lot." This former grazing space provides a popular venue for soccer matches and other local sports. On the west side of the street, 3 Chisolm Street opened in 1923 as the Murray Vocational School, one of the first schools of its kind in the state. David B. Hyer, whose career began in civil engineering and construction at the Charleston Navy Yard, designed the $180,000 vocational school that was named in honor of the philanthropist Andrew Buist Murray. Murray School features significant characteristics of the Neoclassical Revival style with its stone, engaged column portico and handsome fanlighted doorway in the Adamesque mode. The building was later used for offices of the Charleston County School District and then converted to condominiums.
Three files contain original documentation of the easement (exterior) on the property including related correspondence and Confirmation of Understanding; Part I certification (National Register); correspondence and other documentation related to the sale of the property (including rigts of first refusal and titles) and transfer of the easement; annual inspection reports, requests for alterations, and correspondence related to the management of the property; narrative history; newspaper articles (including DYKYC and including article about the caretaker's house); historic plats and maps; staff plat research notes; reports of the Superintendent of Education (1922, 1923); HCF staff condition notes pre-easement.
See Easement Documentation Photo Files for easement donation photographs (Exh. B to Deed of Conservation Easement). No inspection photographs on file (see Easement Manager).Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Property RecordsAcquisition
Accession
CHISOLM.003.Source or Donor
3 Chisolm Street (Murray Vocational School)Acquisition Method
Collected by StaffLexicon
Search Terms
Chisolm Street, Easement Property, National Register of Historic Places, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, School buildingsArchive Details
Archive Size/Extent
1 Gift Folder
1 Management Folder
1 History/Miscellaneous 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 21Shelf
Prop File Shelves, Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentRelationships
Related Entries
Notes
CHISOLM.003.02, CHISOLM.003.03, CHISOLM.003.04, CHISOLM.003.05a-c
Related Units of Description: See also Easement Manager's working files for more information.Related Publications
Notes
Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 303General Notes
Note
Notes: Image #2 from 1936 City Yearbook.Created By
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October 18, 2006Updated By
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February 17, 2023