Name/Title
208 King Street (Old YMCA-Women's Exchange)Entry/Object ID
KING.208.1Scope and Content
Constructed 1889; alterations 1950s, 1980; exterior partially restored and interior rehabilitated 1993. S. W. Foulk, architect; Henry Oliver, contractor. Victorian America's leading designer of YMCAs, S. W. Foulk of Newcastle, Pennsylvania, designed this pressed brick, 3-story building in the Richardsonian Romanesque style to house the Charleston YMCA, which had been organized in 1854. With the Charleston business magnate, George Walton Williams as chairman of the building committee, Foulk was selected as the architect and funds were raised locally for the construction. The building retains much of its fenestration despite severe mid-20th century alterations. The shop spaces on the ground story are divided by banded, rough-cut stone that also appears in the detailing of the base of the north tower and the arches above the bands of windows. In the 20th century the roof of the tower and the peak of the central gable were removed and the extensive glass of the large arch was infilled. These exterior features have not been restored despite a recent interior restoration.
File contains FOHG house history (building known as Queen Victoria Inn but otherwise undated); newspaper article (DYKYC); building history from Information for Guides of Historic Charleston; occupancy history from Old Codgers' Charleston Address Book.
Image #4 from 1967 King Street Photographic Survey.Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Property RecordsAcquisition
Accession
KING.208.Source or Donor
208 King Street (Old YMCA-Women's Exchange)Acquisition Method
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Young Men's Christian associations, Commercial buildingsSearch Terms
King Street, Before and after, Historic buildings--South Carolina--CharlestonArchive Details
Archive Size/Extent
1 File FolderArchive Notes
Finding Aids: Index to Property Files
Level of Description: FolderLocation
Location
Shelf
Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentDate
February 7, 2023Location
Container
PF Box 52Shelf
Prop File Shelves, Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentLocation
Container
2Shelf
Prop File Shelves, Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Foulk, S.W.Person or Organization
Oliver, HenryRelated Entries
Notes
2005.019.05, 2015.008.2, KING.208.2
Related Units of Description: King Street Survey (KING.GEN.001) and King Street "General" files (KING.GEN.002)Related Publications
Notes
Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 360-361General Notes
Note
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November 12, 2008Updated By
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February 16, 2023