171-173 East Bay Street (C. Wulbern & Co.)

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Historic Charleston Foundation

C. Wulburn & Company (171-173 East Bay Street), ca. 1898: Origformat: Document/Photocopy; Resolution: 100 dpi
C. Wulburn & Company (171-173 East Bay Street), ca. 1898

Origformat: Document/Photocopy; Resolution: 100 dpi

Name/Title

171-173 East Bay Street (C. Wulbern & Co.)

Entry/Object ID

EBAY.171-173.1

Scope and Content

Situated on the northeast corner of East Bay and Queen Streets on Grand Modell lot 32 granted to David Maybank Sr. It is unknown what type of building was located here initially. In the 19th century a building on the site housed a wholesale grocery business. A warehouse structure was likely on the site for part of the 20th century. The current building houses Blossom Restaurant. Building number fluctuates from the end of the 19th century to the turn of the 20th century. See Sanborn Maps. File contains advertisement for C. Wulbern & Co., Wholesale Grocers, illustrated with a photo of the building from "Resources & Attractions of Charleston" (ca. 1898); graduate student report (Amanda Jane Ashburn, 2014) on the history of the building, which includes historical and chain-of-title research, maps, photos, and other supporting documentation. Photo #1 from document in the Property File.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

EBAY.171-173.

Source or Donor

171-173 East Bay Street (C. Wulbern & Co.)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

East Bay Street, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, Commercial 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 36

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

Related Units of Description: Photograph of East Bay Street, ca. 1900s, EBAY.GEN.04

General Notes

Note

Tag Date: 2017-12-12 15:59:08.999000 Notes: Per Katherine Pemberton, the graduate student report is of questionable quality.

Created By

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Create Date

December 11, 2007

Updated By

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Update Date

February 17, 2023