167-169 East Bay Street (Roper-Melchers Building)

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Historic Charleston Foundation

167-169 East Bay Street: Origsize: 4x6; Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 100 dpi
167-169 East Bay Street

Origsize: 4x6; Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 100 dpi

Name/Title

167-169 East Bay Street (Roper-Melchers Building)

Entry/Object ID

EBAY.167-169.1

Scope and Content

Constructed 1834-37; altered 1890s; rehabilitated 1985. Thomas Roper left this site to his son Robert William, with the stipulation that if he died "without issue," then the property was to be devised to the South Carolina Medical Society. Originally constructed by the younger Roper as a 3-story double tenement, the building was reduced to 2 stories. Owned by the Medical Society for decades, the property was refaced with Italianate style double shop front, pedimented window hoods, and a pressed metal entablature for Melchers & Company, wholesale grocers and dealers in Carolina rice. After the building deteriorated with East Bay Street for most of the mid-20th century, the cornice was removed, but the remaining elements were restored when the building was rehabilitated as shops and offices in the mid-1980s. Building number fluctuates from the end of the 19th century to the turn of the 20th century. See Sanborn Maps. Three files contain documentation of the easement on the property (1984) including related correspondence, Confirmation of Understanding, and Consent & Agreement as to later (1999) use of the building; annual inspection reports, requests for alterations, correspondence related to the management of the property, and BAR submissions; HCF staff research notes (scant); copy of business advertisement for Melchers & Co. with image from "Resources & Attractions of Charleston" (ca. 1898); magazine article about Cypress restaurant ("before and after," Local Palate, 2012); . 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.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

EBAY.167-169.

Source or Donor

167-169 East Bay Street (Roper-Melchers Building)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Commercial buildings

Search Terms

East Bay Street, Easement Property, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Property File

Archive Details

Archive Size/Extent

1 Gift Folder 1 Management Folder 1 History/Miscellaneous 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 36

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

2011.022.036, 2011.022.75a-b, 2011.022.93, EBAY.167-169.2, EBAY.167-169.3a-d, EBAY.167-169.4, EBAY.167-169.5 Related Units of Description: Easement Manager's working files Preservation Consultants files (167 East Bay) (Part I and/or Part II applications and/or photos and/or miscellaneous documentation), 2011.022.1

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 113-114

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

December 11, 2007

Updated By

admin@catalogit.app

Update Date

February 17, 2023