665 Meeting Street (Trolley Barn)

Archive

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Historic Charleston Foundation

Sanborn Map, 1902 with Updates: Origformat: Document/Photocopy
Sanborn Map, 1902 with Updates

Origformat: Document/Photocopy

Name/Title

665 Meeting Street (Trolley Barn)

Entry/Object ID

MEETING.645.1

Scope and Content

Constructed 1897 as the car house for the Charleston Railway Co.; the complex gradually grew during the 20th century. The barn -- defined by its row of clerestory windows, steel truss roof and cavernous interior spanning 65 feet by 200 feet -- remains the most impressive piece on the block between Meeting Street, Poinsett Street, Interstate 16, and the path that was Butler Street. It represents the last extant building associated with the electric trolley system that was once integral to Charleston's transportation network. The Trolley Barn was listed on the National Register on February 28, 2017. File contains newspaper articles (undated and 1983 DYKYC about electric street cars) and Robert Behre article, 2005); Charleston Architecture Center(?) (2005) document containing trolley barn research, building and site issues, development strategies, and public workshop summary notes; illustrated page from a publication (undated, unattributed); 2003 Rezoning Application (unsigned); portion of "Landmark Overlay Zone Nomination Site Synopsis" (undated, unattributed); building history from Information for Guides of Historic Charleston; portion of letter from City of Charleston to SCE&G regarding significance of building (1986); "History of the Charleston Trolley" (undated, unattributed); 1902 Sanborn Map; photocopies of 1884 and 1859 plats; excerpt from Palmetto Traction: Electric Railways of South Carolina.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

MEETING.645.

Source or Donor

645 Meeting Street (Trolley Barn)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Street railroads, Electric railroads

Search Terms

Meeting Street, National Register of Historic Places, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, Street railroad facilities--South Carolina--Charleston, Trolley cars

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 75

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

MEETING.645.2

General Notes

Note

Notes: Photos of trolley barn (negatives) in photo file. Documents from John Laurens files (2011.022.1): illustrated page from a publication (undated, unattributed); 2003 Rezoning Application (unsigned); portion of "Landmark Overlay Zone Nomination Site Synopsis" (undated, unattributed); portion of letter from City of Charleston to SCE&G regarding significance of building (1986); "History of the Charleston Trolley" (undated, unattributed); photocopies of 1884 and 1859 plats.

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

September 21, 2010

Updated By

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Update Date

February 17, 2023