139 South Market Street (McKinlay Building)

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Historic Charleston Foundation

139 South Market Street, ca. 1996: Origsize: 4x6; Origformat: Print-Photographic
139 South Market Street, ca. 1996

Origsize: 4x6; Origformat: Print-Photographic

Name/Title

139 South Market Street (McKinlay Building)

Entry/Object ID

MARKET.139.1

Scope and Content

Constructed 1846; renovated 1875-90; rehabilitated 1988. Archibald and William McKinlay, prosperous free African American brothers, purchased this as well as other Market Street properties in the 1840s. Possibly of 3 stories originally, the surviving structure served its owners as a tenement until the McKinlay estate sold it in 1875 to Robert Martin, a purveyor of diverse goods, from shoes to washing machines. Martin probably renovated the facade with Italianate style window hoods, deep cornice, and new glazed face brick in white and brown. A concrete block infill was removed in recent years for restoration of the storefront. The area became the center of a rough nightlife for sailors and gamblers. In 1927, one of Charleston's leading bootleggers, Frank "Rumpty Rattles" Hogan, was shot while picking up his waitress girlfriend from her job across the street. The killers who shot from the upper windows of 139 Market Street were acquitted in a sensational trial. File contains newspaper articles (DYKYC, 4/3/1978).

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

MARKET.139.

Source or Donor

139 South Market Street (McKinlay Building)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Commercial buildings

Search Terms

South Market 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 67

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

MARKET.139.2, MARKET.139.3a-b Related Units of Description: Preservation Consultants files (Part I and/or Part II applications and/or photos and/or miscellaneous documentation), 2011.022.1

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 400

Created By

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Create Date

May 3, 2010

Updated By

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Update Date

February 17, 2023