200 Meeting Street (Charleston Hotel/Bank of America Place)

Archive

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Historic Charleston Foundation

Charleston Hotel (postcard)

Charleston Hotel (postcard)

Name/Title

200 Meeting Street (Charleston Hotel/Bank of America Place)

Entry/Object ID

MEETING.200.1

Scope and Content

Charleston Hotel constructed ca. 1838. Charles F. Reichardt, architect. Bank of America Place (previously known as Nations Bank Place), constructed in 1989-90. Aubry Architects; SBF Design. Designed by a Florida architectural firm in the modern classic style, this large bank building with a raised multistory portico harkens back to its predecessor on this site. This was the location from 1838 to 1960 of the great Charleston Hotel, a magnificent Greek Revival structure with giant order Corinthian columns probably designed by the Prussian-born architect Charles F. Reichardt. The demolition of the hotel in 1960 for a motor inn (Heart of Charleston Motor Inn) remains a dark memory for many Charleston preservationists. File contains newspaper articles about both buildings (including 1981 DYKYC); advertisement for Heart of Charleston Motor Hotel (1960); Charleston Magazine brief article (2006); three HCF memoranda (1989) regarding plans for 200 Meeting Street; photocopy of Charleston Hotel envelope (illustrated); photocopy of advertisement for Charleston Hotel (1854).

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

MEETING.200.

Source or Donor

200 Meeting Street (Charleston Hotel/Bank of America Place)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

Meeting Street, Demolished buildings, lost buildings, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, Hotels--South Carolina--Charleston, Lost architecture--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 73

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

Reichardt, Charles F.

Related Entries

Notes

2004.020.009, 2004.020.010, 2004.021.045, 2005.019.01, 2006.002.0094, 2006.007.58, 2007.002.0001, 2010.005.3, 2016.018.01, 2019.017.3, 2021.017.21, MEETING.200.2, MEETING.200.3a-b Related Units of Description: See photograph MEETING.237.3.

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 405

General Notes

Note

Notes: Image 1 in this record is postcard, 2004.020.009.

Created By

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Create Date

July 20, 2010

Updated By

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Update Date

February 17, 2023