Name/Title
409 King Street (Radcliffe-Aimar Building)Entry/Object ID
KING.409.1Scope and Content
Constructed ca. 1808; rehabilitated 1983-84. Lucretia Radcliffe, developer of her husband's estate as the new suburb of Radcliffeborough, built this large 4½ story stuccoed brick building by 1808, conveying it eight years later to Samuel Maverick. Serving for a time as the Reverend Ferdinand Jacobs's Seminary for Girls, the site became an apothecary hall for George Washington Aimar in 1852. Securing title in 1871, Aimar built his thriving drugstore business in this structure until its doors were closed in 1978. The building with six bays stretches along King Street and the same distance along Vanderhorst Street. Stucco belt courses divide the upper floor and two dormers project from the front roof. In a 1983-84 renovation the rear piazzas were enclosed in glass and the ground floor and part of the additional stories were altered. A stair tower was added on the north.
File contains newspaper articles (including DYKYC).Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Property RecordsAcquisition
Accession
KING.409.Source or Donor
409 King Street (Radcliffe-Aimar Building)Acquisition Method
Collected by StaffLexicon
Search Terms
King Street, Uptown, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, Commercial buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, Drugstores--South Carolina--CharlestonArchive Details
Archive Size/Extent
1 File FolderArchive Notes
Finding Aids: Index to Property Files
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Shelf
Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentDate
February 7, 2023Location
Container
PF BoxShelf
Prop File Shelves, Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentLocation
Container
PF Box 55Shelf
Prop File Shelves, Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentRelationships
Related Entries
Notes
2006.010.288-290, KING.409.2
Related Units of Description: Preservation Consultants filess (409 King, 411 King, 4 Vanderhorst) (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. 386-387Created By
admin@catalogit.appCreate Date
September 21, 2009Updated By
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February 16, 2023