299 King Street (Charleston Crockery Co./IOOF Hall)

Archive

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Historic Charleston Foundation

1887 China Hall Advertisement: Origformat: Document/Photocopy; Resolution: 150 dpi
1887 China Hall Advertisement

Origformat: Document/Photocopy; Resolution: 150 dpi

Name/Title

299 King Street (Charleston Crockery Co./IOOF Hall)

Entry/Object ID

KING.299.1

Scope and Content

Three-story commercial building at the corner of King Street and Liberty Street, with Art Moderne storefront. Has decorative terrazzo tile floor adorning the front entry and wrapping the corner. Top two stories of the decorative fronts are covered in white marble tiles. The building belonged to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows from ca. 1910 through ca. 1950, which used the upper floors for their fraternal meetings and fellowship activities, and rented out the first story to Charleston Crockery Co. (later named China Hall). File contains photocopy of advertisement (illustration of China Hall) from an 1887 business directory; graduate student report (Justin Schwebler, 2013) on the history of the building, which includes historical and chain-of-title research, maps, photos, and other supporting documentation; excerpt from The Old Codgers Charleston Address Book. Image #1 from document in the Property File.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

KING.299.

Source or Donor

299 King Street

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

King Street, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, Commercial 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 54

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

Related Units of Description: King Street Survey (KING.GEN.001) and King Street "General" files (KING.GEN.002)

General Notes

Note

Notes: Photo #2 provided by Kevin Eberle (see Media tab).

Created By

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Create Date

August 20, 2009

Updated By

admin@catalogit.app

Update Date

February 17, 2023