237 King Street (Ahrens Grocery Building)

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Historic Charleston Foundation

237 King Street: Origsize: 8x10; Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 75 dpi
237 King Street

Origsize: 8x10; Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 75 dpi

Name/Title

237 King Street (Ahrens Grocery Building)

Entry/Object ID

KING.237.1

Scope and Content

Constructed 1870; restored 1986. Abrahams and Seyle, architects; John H. Lopez, contractor. Charles D. Ahrens and George Kriette bought this burned-out site with the shell of a building in 1870, immediately thereafter beginning construction of the present edifice. When completed, Ahrens Grocery moved their wholesale and retail operation here, and Mr. Ahrens lived upstairs for about 7 years before the rooms were rented to a succession of men's clubs. The Charleston Daily Courier wrote about the building upon its completion, describing its exterior with cast-iron Corinthian columns and cornice and its "handsome iron lintels" over each window, and further stating, "the whole iron work is colored in vermillion after the prevailing style of the New York coffee and tea houses." The interior in its original form was extensively described, with its Carolina pine shelving ornamented with "gilt moldings" and varnished counters of yellow pine and walnut. The building's exterior was thoroughly restored, even with its original color, in 1986. File contains newspapers article (including 1982 DYKYC).

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

KING.237.

Source or Donor

237 King Street (Ahrens Grocery Building)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Commercial buildings, Grocers

Search Terms

King 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 53

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Abrahams and Seyle

Related Entries

Notes

KING.237.2 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), p. 364-365

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Create Date

August 13, 2009

Updated By

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Update Date

February 16, 2023