304 King Street (Princess Theater)

Archive

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Historic Charleston Foundation

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

Origformat: Document/Photocopy; Resolution: 75 dpi

Name/Title

304 King Street (Princess Theater)

Entry/Object ID

KING.304.1

Scope and Content

Built by Albert Sottile ca. 1898 and leased to Eddie Riddock who operated Riddock's Arcade, which served Charleston as a soda shop. When this business failed ca. 1911, Sottile announced plans to convert the facility to a movie theater, the Princess Theater. Surviving as a movie house exclusively, the Princess boasted a mirror screen and a five-piece orchestra for film accompaniment and intermittent entertainment. The console bracketed arch on this structure and the now-restored front interior remain from the Princess Theater. The building has housed many businesses including LeRoys and Southern Furniture. (Poston, Buildings of Charleston.) File contains 20th century occupancy history from Old Codgers' Charleston Address Book; excerpt from Movie Theaters of Charleston; newspaper article (Behre, 5/26/1997). Image in this record is from document in the Property File.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

KING.304.

Source or Donor

304 King Street (Princes Theater)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

King Street, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, Movie theaters--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

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

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)

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 375 (entry for 302 King Street)

Created By

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Create Date

August 20, 2009

Updated By

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Update Date

February 17, 2023