260 King Street (Kerrison Dry Goods Building)

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Historic Charleston Foundation

260 King Street: Copyright: Charleston Museum phot - do not reproduce; Origsize: 5x7; Origformat: Image from Publication; Resolution: 75 dpi
260 King Street

Copyright: Charleston Museum phot - do not reproduce; Origsize: 5x7; Origformat: Image from Publication; Resolution: 75 dpi

Name/Title

260 King Street (Kerrison Dry Goods Building)

Entry/Object ID

KING.260.1

Scope and Content

Constructed ca. 1920; storefront rehabilitated 1996-97. Kerrison's Dry Goods spent its early years, after its founding in 1830, at the site of the Riviera Theater. It took over new quarters in the 1860s on Hasell Street. The latter building was enlarged in 1920 with the 4-story yellow brick section facing King Street. The first floor storefront, infilled with architectural glasswork, provided the chief ornamentation for the otherwise simple facade with 3 bays of triple windows on each floor and a surmounting modillioned cornice. Billed in recent years as the South's oldest department store, this headquarters facility closed after Hurricane Hugo in 1989, and remaining suburban operations ceased in 1996. The building has undergone a recent renovation for a new clothing store. File contains newspaper article "Kerrisons building garners national interest in downtown" (1/28/1995); photocopies of photographs.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

KING.260.

Source or Donor

260 King Street (Kerrison Dry Goods Building)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Commercial buildings

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 Entries

Notes

KING.260.2 Related Units of Description: King Street Survey (KING.GEN.001) and King Street "General" files (KING.GEN.002) See photo of King Street, 250 block - east side (Chas. Center Photo).

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), p. 368

General Notes

Note

Notes: Image #2 in this record is from 2011.022.2 (Preservation Consultants photographs, filed as 254-260 King).

Created By

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Create Date

August 14, 2009

Updated By

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Update Date

February 16, 2023