Name/Title
211-217 King Street (Majestic Square f/k/a Victoria Hotel a/k/a Saks Fifth Avenue)Entry/Object ID
KING.211-221.1Scope and Content
Constructed 1995-96. Samuel S. Logan III, LS3P Architects. A newly constructed commercial and office building named by its owners, descendants of Albert Sottile, for the grandest of his King Street theaters (now demolished), Majestic Square stands 4 stories above the street on the site of the Victoria Hotel (217 King Street), demolished in 1970 for a bank, now removed. The corner entry is reminiscent of earlier King Street buildings, while the cast stone detailing, albeit contemporary, relates the structure to the Riviera theater across the street. (Poston, Buildings of Charleston.)
File contains newspaper articles (one about the design of Saks and one about the demolition of Victoria Hotel, with photograph); occupancy histories of 211-217 King Street from Old Codgers' Charleston Address Book; copy of photo of Victoria Hotel from This is Charleston; copy of a ca. 1909 postcard of the Ladies' Exchange lunch room (215 King Street); correspondence between HCF and the Beach Company (developer) about the design, naming, and other matters (1994); Beach Company sales brochure.
Majestic Square is also known as 153 Market Street.
Images #2, 6, 7 from 1967 King Street Photographic Survey.Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Property RecordsAcquisition
Accession
KING.211-221.Source or Donor
211-221 King Street (Majestic Square f/k/a Victoria Hotel)Acquisition Method
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Search Terms
King Street, Demolished buildings, lost buildings, Commercial buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, Lost architecture--South Carolina--Charleston, Hotels--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 Entries
Notes
KING.211-221.2, KING.211-221.3, KING.GEN.022
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. 362General Notes
Note
Notes: Address discrepancies: main occupant, Saks Fifth Avenue, is listed as 211 King Street; Victoria Hotel listed as 217 King Street; Old Codgers lists Saks Fifth Avenue as 211 King Street; This is Charleston identifies Victoria Hotel as 213 King Street.
The Charleston Ladies' Exchange had been organized in December 1884. It was located at 215 King Street in 1910, the year after this card was mailed. From "South Carolina Postcards Volume I: Charleston, Berkeley and Dorchester Counties." Ladies Exchange Postcard (Color Lithography, Valentine & Sons).Created By
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