181 Church Street (Williams Building)

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Historic Charleston Foundation

181 Church St.

181 Church St.

Name/Title

181 Church Street (Williams Building)

Entry/Object ID

CHURCH.181.1

Scope and Content

Constructed ca. 1850. A one-story rectangular stuccoed brick commercial structure with a recent warehouse addition to the west. The low-pitched truncated gable composition roof is concealed at its north end by a shaped parapet, with stuccoed corbelled cap, and along its east side by a low flat parapet. A centrally placed monitor, with paired sash windows and a hipped roof, extends along much of the roof. The warehouse building is located on the site of the Williams Building, a four-story Greek Revival style commercial range and bank complex that extended along much of this block of Hayne Street. Constructed as a warehouse for Goldsmith and Loeb, Wool, Cotton, Hides, and Cotton Tie Manufacturers; incorporated the elaborate former Church Street bank entrance from the Williams Building complex. Subsequent tenants have included the C.D. Franke Carriage Works, who occupied the building from 1890-1918. It is noted for its ornate doorway. A fire gutted the building in 1988 and it was since renovated into a Hawthorn Suites, Doubletree Inn. File contains National Register certification application (Part I); newspaper articles (including DYKYC), captioned photo after a 1988 fire, and article about architectural "ruins" including 494 King (1989); photocopies of images (historic and recent); drawing of doorway with planned changes, presumably submitted with BAR application (?).

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

CHURCH.181.

Source or Donor

181 Church Street (Williams Building)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Doorways, Fires

Search Terms

Church Street, Inns, Before and after, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, Commercial buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, Hotels--South Carolina--Charleston, Doors, Warehouses--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 29

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

2011.022.57, 2011.22.108a-e See photo of facade after Hurricane Hugo, 2006.006.1-7 (#2) Related Units of Description: Preservation Consultants files (Part I and/or Part II applications and/or photos and/or miscellaneous documentation), 2011.022.1

Created By

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Create Date

February 14, 2007

Updated By

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Update Date

February 17, 2023