205-211 East Bay Street (William Bird Buildings)

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Historic Charleston Foundation

205 East Bay Street: Copyright: Charleston Museum Photograph; Origsize: 5x7; Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 100 dpi
205 East Bay Street

Copyright: Charleston Museum Photograph; Origsize: 5x7; Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 100 dpi

Name/Title

205-211 East Bay Street (William Bird Buildings)

Entry/Object ID

EBAY.205-211.1

Scope and Content

Constructed before 1831; altered ca. 1850, 1870, 1886-87; rehabilitated 1980s. These structures retain some brick walls dating from the 1770s tenements owned by the Manigault family. The present Greek Revival character of 205 East Bay and particularly the range to the north probably date after 1831, when Dr. Philip Moser acquired the corner. One of the many owenrs, Charles H. Bass, sold 205 East Bay to William Bird in 1870. The William Bird Company, a hardware and paint company, occupied the corner building, and eventually spread its operations to the adjacent range owned by James Marsh. The cast-iron colonnade on the 1st floor and the Italianate window heads above date from the postbellum period, while the pilastered granite storefront unites the 3 buildings to the north. (Source: The Buildings of Charleston by Jonathan Poston.) File contains William M. Bird & Co. bills (1890 & 1893) with images (engraving) of the building before and after the earthquake of 1886; newspaper articles (including 1984 DYKYC); magazine article about Amen Street Fish and Raw Bar restaurant ("before and after," Local Palate, 2012).

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

EBAY.205-211.

Source or Donor

205-211 East Bay Street (William Bird Buildings)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Commercial buildings

Search Terms

East Bay Street, Historic 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 38

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

EBAY.205-211.2, EBAY.205-211.3, EBAY.205-211.4

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 349-350

General Notes

Note

Notes: Image #4 in this record from Charleston and the Exposition Illustrated, 2010.007.1 and 2012.010.117, Pamphlet 96.

Created By

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Create Date

December 19, 2007

Updated By

admin@catalogit.app

Update Date

February 17, 2023