257 King Street (Stephen Thomas Building) / 259 King Street / 261 King Street

Archive

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Historic Charleston Foundation

257 King Street: Origformat: Document/Photocopy; Resolution: 75 dpi
257 King Street

Origformat: Document/Photocopy; Resolution: 75 dpi

Name/Title

257 King Street (Stephen Thomas Building) / 259 King Street / 261 King Street

Entry/Object ID

KING.257-261.1

Scope and Content

Demolished to make way for F.W. Woolworth store. No additional building history on file; needs further research. File contains newspaper article (1936 DYKYC); description of Stephen Thomas Jr. & Bro. Jewelers (257 King Street); advertisement for D. Vogt Druggist and Apothecary [261 King Street] from the Business Guide of Charleston (ca. 1889); 1886 Earthquake Damage Assessment; 20th occupancy history from Old Codgers' Charleston Address Book; Sanborn Maps.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

KING.257-261.

Source or Donor

257-261 King Street (Woolworth Building)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

King Street, Demolished buildings, lost buildings, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, Commercial buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, Lost architecture--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 Entries

Notes

2004.021.035, 2009.013.16, 2013.012.07 Related Units of Description: King Street Survey (KING.GEN.001) and King Street "General" files (KING.GEN.002) See also photographs of King Street from Beaufain Street (Relations and 2004.021.037).

General Notes

Note

Notes: Images 1-2 from documents in the Property File; image 3 found online by Kevin Eberle (Aug. 2013); image 4 provided by via email (10/30/2016) by Kevin Eberle who discovered it for sale on ebay. (#1 from 2005 King Street Survey.)

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

August 14, 2009

Updated By

admin@catalogit.app

Update Date

February 17, 2023