260-264 Meeting Street (Central Fire Station and Courtenay Square)

Archive

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Historic Charleston Foundation

Central Fire Station: Origformat: Print-Photographic
Central Fire Station

Origformat: Print-Photographic

Name/Title

260-264 Meeting Street (Central Fire Station and Courtenay Square)

Entry/Object ID

MEETING.260-264.1

Scope and Content

Pavilion constructed 1885; station constructed 1887-88. Daniel G. Wayne, architect-builder; Colin McK. Grant, contractor. On this site a cast-iron pavilion, erected in 1885, covers an artesian well, 1,800 feet deep, that served Charleston residents with pure water, especially during times of yellow fever epidemics. Designs for a small park on this site, named for Charleston's mayor William Ashmead Courtenay, were altered after the earthquake of 1886, when plans were developed to construct modern fire stations at convenient points in the city rather than repairing the old damaged buildings. The L-shaped Central Fire Station, built in a restrained Italianate-Renaissance Revival style with splendid brick detailing, was completed by 1888 at a cost of $14,000. Today the structure houses fire fighters and equipment as well as a well-maintained late-19th century engine, usually visible from Wentworth Street. File contains building history from Information for Guides of Historic Charleston;1888 Sanborn Map; 1836 Charleston Courier advertisement for cabinet furniture store on northeast corner Meeting and Wentworth.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

MEETING.260-264

Source or Donor

260-264 Meeting Street (Central Fire Station / Courtneay Square)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

Meeting Street, Ansonborough, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, Fire stations--South Carolina--Charleston, Pavilions

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 74

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

Wayne, Daniel G.

Person or Organization

Grant, Colin McK.

Related Entries

Notes

MEETING.260-264.2

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 456-457

Created By

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Create Date

August 19, 2010

Updated By

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Update Date

February 16, 2023