Name/Title
273 King Street (Parish-Poincignon Building)Entry/Object ID
KING.273.1Scope and Content
Constructed ca. 1840; rehabilitated 1987-88. Long considered to be one of Charleston's most commanding corner commercial structures, this building was begun as early as the 1830s when it was owned by Daniel Parish and stood as a 3-story, square-ended store and dwelling. Owned in the 1850s by the Charleston real estate magnate Etienne Poincignon, the building passed through his descendants, the McNulty and the Storen families, until the 1980s. For much of the late-19th century the property was rented to the Hirsch Israel Company, a clothing store. This company renovated the building with a multi-story central arch and a domed corner tower. The tower was later removed and the arch was infilled, but evidence of the pressed-metal Italianate cornice and the elaborate window lintels supported by console brackets partially survives. The lintels and certain other features were restored in the late-1980s.
File containers newspaper article (1982 DYKYC); photocopy of captioned "before and after" photographs (1902 and 1984) from News & Courier (1984); letter from Jonathan Poston to John Huguley regarding building's renovation (1985); bulding history from Tour Guide Training Manual (2011); occupancy history (1990-1999) from Old Codgers' Charleston Address Book.
Image #2 from 1967 King Street Photographic Survey.Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Property RecordsAcquisition
Accession
KING.273.Source or Donor
273 King Street (Parish-Poincignon Building)Acquisition Method
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Commercial buildingsSearch Terms
King Street, Corner store, Historic buildings--South Carolina--CharlestonArchive Details
Archive Size/Extent
1 File FolderLocation
Location
Room
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentDate
February 7, 2023Location
Container
PF Box 53Room
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentRelationships
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Notes
KING.273.2
Related Units of Description: King Street Survey (KING.GEN.001) and King Street "General" files (KING.GEN.002)
Preservation Consultants files (Part I and/or Part II applications and/or photos and/or miscellaneous documentation), 2011.022.1Related Publications
Notes
Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 370General Notes
Note
Notes: Image #3 in this record from Charleston and the Exposition Illustrated, 2010.007.1 and 2012.010.117, Pamphlet 96.Created By
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August 17, 2009Updated By
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May 24, 2023