342 King Street (Miller Building)

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Historic Charleston Foundation

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

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

Name/Title

342 King Street (Miller Building)

Entry/Object ID

KING.342.1

Scope and Content

Constructed after 1821; renovated 1970, 1991. This building retains its Federal character with its hipped, slate roof and finely pointed Flemish bond facade, divided by belt coursing and 3 bays with 9-over-9 windows surmounted by rubbed brick jack arches. Miller, a jeweler, replaced 2 earlier wooden buildings on the site after buying it at auction in 1821; he retained it until his death in 1840. Although the upper floors of 342 King have remained as built, the small 2-story structure at 340 King Street was refaced in the 1940s in a late-Moderne fashion with molded bands of vertical concrete and a merlon in the stepped parapet. The brick form and fenestration are similar to that of the early-Greek Revival store and dwelling at 348 King Street, built by the Santo Domingan refugee Margaret Gidiere for her dry goods store and residence in the 1830s. This latter structure was held by numerous owners, including the German tavern keeper John Schachte. It later served as the Lyric Theater, the place where burlesque was introduced to Charleston, and eventually provided the venue for a series of discotheques and bars. File contains newspaper article (undated DYKYC). Image #2 from 1967 King Street Photographic Survey.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

KING.342.

Source or Donor

342 King Street (Miller 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 54

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

KING.342.2a-b 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. 381

General Notes

Note

Notes: Image #2 from 1967 King Street Survey.

Created By

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Create Date

September 15, 2009

Updated By

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Update Date

February 17, 2023