290 East Bay Street (Seaboard Railway Freight Station)

Archive

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Historic Charleston Foundation

Sanborn Map, 1902 ('41 update): Origformat: Document/Photocopy; Resolution: 100 dpi
Sanborn Map, 1902 ('41 update)

Origformat: Document/Photocopy; Resolution: 100 dpi

Name/Title

290 East Bay Street (Seaboard Railway Freight Station)

Entry/Object ID

EBAY.290.1

Scope and Content

Constructed 1914; rehabilitated 1979-1980. This yellow-brick freight warehouse built by the Seaboard Coastline Railway was part of a line of structures to the northeast that served as the railway terminus for the Charleston Port. A spur rail line formerly ran in front of this building. The station was ingeniously adapted in recent years as a downtown supermarket, just as the former Leland Moore Paint and Oil Company at 272 East Bay Street was adapted as an inn and corporate offices, and 279 East Bay Street, a former cotton warehouse, was rehabilitated as a shop. Although the area surrounding remains an active part of the State Ports Authority operation, most of the older structures in the area have disappeared. Some sixty acres to the east comprise the Union Pier, one of four SPA terminals and an area slated for long-term redevelopment. File contains newspaper articles (including 1980 DYKYC); building history from Information for Guides of Historic Charleston; Sanborn maps (1884, 1902).

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

EBAY.290.

Source or Donor

290 East Bay Street (Seaboard Railway Freight Station)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

East Bay Street, Ansonborough, 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 38

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

EBAY.290.2a-b

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 430

Created By

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Create Date

December 20, 2007

Updated By

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Update Date

February 16, 2023