141 Meeting Street (Charleston Gas Light Co.)

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Historic Charleston Foundation

141 Meeting Street (early 1960s): Origsize: 8x10; Origformat: Print-Photographic
141 Meeting Street (early 1960s)

Origsize: 8x10; Origformat: Print-Photographic

Name/Title

141 Meeting Street (Charleston Gas Light Co.)

Entry/Object ID

MEETING.141.1

Scope and Content

Constructed 1876-78. Edward Brickell White, architect. Built and designed for the Charleston Gas Light Company, this building uses Palladian style architectural elements manufactured in cast-iron. The three-bay, stuccoed, masonry facade boasts an engaged front portico with Tuscan columns supporting a balustraded second tier with Corinthian columns and a surmounting modillioned pediment; the upper windows feature two flanking pediment hoods and a semicircular one, also in iron. The Charleston Gas Light Company, incorporated in 1846, began illuminating the city streets by gas two years after its establishment. Charleston plats show that the original gas plant stood on the west side of Church Street, between Cumberland and Market. The iron gates in front of the present structure initially stood at the former site. The Gas Light Company's successor, South Carolina Electric and Gas Company, maintains local offices in the building. (Poston, Buildings of Charleston.) File contains newspaper article (1969 DYKYC); "Historic Structure Research (Alexandra Jones/Houselore, 2018); building history from Information for Guides of Historic Charleston; description of The Charleston Gas Light Company from "Resources & Attractions of Charleston" (ca. 1898); history of South Carolina Electric & Gas (SCE&G) from publication (source and date not indicated).

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

MEETING.141.

Source or Donor

141 Meeting Street (Charleston Gas Light Co.)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

Meeting Street, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, Public utilities--South Carolina--Charleston, South Carolina Electric & Gas Company, Charleston Gas Light Company (S.C.)

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 72

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Location

Container

2

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

White, Edward Brickell

Related Entries

Notes

MEETING.141.2, MEETING.141.3, MEETING.141.4a-b

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 402

General Notes

Note

Notes: Designated Category I. Info about the history of the site/lot going back to King Street on Media link. Compiled by April Wood (August, 2017) in response to the upcoming sale of the property and potential development.

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

July 7, 2010

Updated By

admin@catalogit.app

Update Date

February 17, 2023