172 Meeting Street (C.D. Franke Building)

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Historic Charleston Foundation

C.D. Franke Building, 1974

C.D. Franke Building, 1974

Name/Title

172 Meeting Street (C.D. Franke Building)

Entry/Object ID

MEETING.172.1

Scope and Content

Constructed 1908; rehabilitated 1974. John D. Newcomer, architect. The C.D. Franke Company, carriage makers and formerly suppliers of gun carriages, bought this block extending to Church Street in 1905. Then controlled by Emil Jahnz, the company built its large factory at 171 Church Street and this three story, pressed brick building as its showroom and office by 1908. The window surrounds, flat on the second story and segmentally arched on the third, harmonize with the pressed-metal pedimented entablature giving the Franke name and dates. The entablature and parapet were heavily damaged in Hurricane Hugo in 1989 but fully restored afterward. (Poston, Buildings of Charleston.) Three files contain documentation of the easement on the property including related correspondence and Confirmation of Understanding; Part I certification (National Register); easement appraisal report; annual inspection reports, requests for alterations, and correspondence related to the management of the property; newspaper articles (including partial DYKYC, date not indicated); photocopies of photographs (unattributed); letters (1938, 1950) on company letterhead with illustration of building; photocopy of plat (1978). See Easement Documentation Photo Files for easement donation photographs (Exh. B to Deed of Conservation Easement) and Covenant/Easement Inspection Photo Files for inspection photography. Easement donation and inspection photos only. Images in this record from documents in property file.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

MEETING.172.

Source or Donor

172 Meeting Street (C.D. Franke Building)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

Meeting Street, Easement Property, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, Commercial buildings--South Carolina--Charleston

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Property File

Archive Details

Archive Size/Extent

1 Gift Folder 1 Management Folder 1 History/Miscellaneous Folder

Archive Notes

Finding Aids: Index to Property Files

Location

Location

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Location

Container

PF Box 72

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Location

Container

2

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Newcomer, John D.

Related Entries

Notes

MEETING.172.2 Related Units of Description: See also Easement Manager's working files for more information.

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 401

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

July 8, 2010

Updated By

sferguson@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

May 24, 2023