274-276 King Street (Commercial Savings Bank Building)

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274-276 King Street: Origsize: 4x6; Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 75 dpi
274-276 King Street

Origsize: 4x6; Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 75 dpi

Name/Title

274-276 King Street (Commercial Savings Bank Building)

Entry/Object ID

KING.274-276.1

Scope and Content

Constructed 1908-09; altered 1953; renovated 1990s. John D. Newcomer, architect. An early 19th-century building was demolished at this site in 1908 to permit the construction of a new 3-story stuccoed brick bank building in a simplified version of the Italian Renaissance style. The architect, John D. Newcomer, a native of Pennsylvania, designed numerous buildings throughout Charleston, including 172 Meeting Street and 302 King Street. He also remodeled several of the city's historic buildings. This bank, presided over by future mayor, Tristram T. Hyde, opened its doors with a capital stock of $50,000, a respectable sum at the turn of the century. In the 1950s, the deep modillioned cornice and extensive stucco ornamentation were stripped off the building, leaving only the remnants of 2 pilasters flanking the storefront opening and interlocking arches supported by Corinthian pilasters on the 3rd story level. Recent renovations have stabilized the building, but its lost features have not been restored. File containers newspaper article (Aug. 16 ____ DYKYC); photocopy of captioned (newspaper) "before and after" photographs (1927 and 1985).

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

KING.274-276.

Source or Donor

274-276 King Street (Commercial Savings Bank Building)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Commercial buildings

Search Terms

King Street, Corner store, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, Bank buildings

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Property File

Archive Details

Archive Size/Extent

1 File Folder

Location

Location

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Location

Container

PF Box 53

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Newcomer, John D.

Related Entries

Notes

KING.274-276.2 Related Units of Description: King Street Survey (KING.GEN.001) and King Street "General" files (KING.GEN.002) Preservation Consultants files for 276 King (Part I and/or Part II applications and/or photos and/or miscellaneous documentation), 2011.022.1

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 371

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

August 17, 2009

Updated By

sferguson@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

May 24, 2023