Name/Title
171 Church Street (Franke Building) (a/k/a 79-81 South Market Street)Entry/Object ID
CHURCH.171.1Scope and Content
Constructed ca. 1909; rehabilitated 1984. The Franke Warehouse, at the northwest corner of Market and Church Streets, is an important example of early-20th century industrial architecture. It was constructed as a manufacturing and storage building for a carriage company founded in 1859 by C.D. Franke, a Prussian immigrant. His carriages and wagons were marketed throughout the Southeast. By the 1870s the company had also become a supplier for carriage parts, iron products, and hardware. By the early-1900s Franke (Jahnz) Company was manufacturing auto parts in this building. It closed in 1981, was rehabilitated, and now serves as an office complex. It is one of only a few surviving examples of the industrial nature of the Market Street area prior to World War II. (Poston, Buildings of Charleston.)
This property is also known as 79-81 Market Street or 79-81 South Market Street.
FIles contain documentation of the easement on the property including Amendments (various years) to the Master Deed,* related correspondence and Confirmation of Understanding; lists of building ownership; Part I certification (National Register) and designation letter; annual inspection reports, requests for alterations, and correspondence related to the management of the property; excerpt from Vernacular Architecture of Charleston; captioned photo of nearby groundbreaking, warehouse in the background; C.D.Franke Co. letterhead and check, both with illustrations of Jahnz Block (warehouse building) and Franke Building at 170-172 Meeting Street; plat; photocopy proposed site plan (poor-quality copy) and captioned newspaper photograph of proposed elevation (Ehni Architects, 1983); Rosen and Associates inspection report (1997, 2003).
See Easement Documentation Photo Files for easement donation photographs (Exh. B to Deed of Conservation Easement) and Covenant/Easement Inspection Photo Files for inspection photography.
*See DVD with pdfs of Amendments 1-9.Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Property RecordsAcquisition
Accession
CHURCH.171.Source or Donor
171 Church Street (Franke Building)Acquisition Method
Collected by StaffLexicon
Search Terms
Church Street, Easement Property, South Market Street, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, Industrial buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, Commercial buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, Warehouses--South Carolina--CharlestonArchive Details
Archive Size/Extent
1 Gift Folder
1 Management Folder
1 History/Miscellaneous Folder
1 DVD (amendments 1-9 to the deed)Archive 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 29Shelf
Prop File Shelves, Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentRelationships
Related Entries
Notes
Related Units of Description: Easement Manager's working files
DYKYC article in Harper Scrapbook, 2010.001.04
Preservation Consultants files (Part I and/or Part II applications and/or photos and/or miscellaneous documentation), 2011.022.1Related Publications
Notes
Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 346-347General Notes
Note
Notes: PDFs of Deed amendments on DVD (in gift folder) and on External Hard Drive.Note Type
In-House NoteNote
AW inserted new folder- Subdivisions- in case of action. SF 10/25/23Created By
admin@catalogit.appCreate Date
February 14, 2007Updated By
sferguson@historiccharleston.orgUpdate Date
October 25, 2023