332-334 Meeting Street (Mendel Rivers Building and Site)

Archive

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Historic Charleston Foundation

Site of Mendel Rivers Bldg. (1888 Sanborn Map): Origformat: Document/Photocopy
Site of Mendel Rivers Bldg. (1888 Sanborn Map)

Origformat: Document/Photocopy

Name/Title

332-334 Meeting Street (Mendel Rivers Building and Site)

Entry/Object ID

MEETING.332-334.1

Scope and Content

The L. Mendel Rivers Federal Office Building and site are located on the northeast corner of Meeting Street and Henrietta Street, in Wraggborough. Various structures occupied the site until their demolition in the 1940s to make way for a new U.S. post office. The seven-story building with a parking lot behind it was constructed ca. 1964. Efforts to have the building demolished were opposed by Historic Charleston Foundation and other preservationists. The property was recently (2016) converted into a hotel. File contains graduate student report (Emily E. Martin, 2007) on the history of the lot and buildings that contains historical and chain-of-title research, maps, photos, and other supporting documentation (including a history of Wraggborough); news articles 1949-2011; HCF presentation on the building's architectural significance (2008); HCF staff research notes; email clarifying information about the architect (1/21/2009); construction details and specifications; GAO documentation about the building; GSA Office of Property Disposal Online Auction brochure (2007); draft of City of Charleston Civic Design Center overview related to the redevelopment of site (ca. 2008); conceptual design plans commissioned by the current developer (2009).

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

MEETING.332-334

Source or Donor

332-334 Meeting Street (Mendel Rivers Building)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

Meeting Street, Street corner, Mazyckborough and Wraggborough, Adaptive reuse, L. Mendel Rivers Federal Office Building (Charleston, S.C.), Public 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 74

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

2005.003.0026, 2014.002.005, 2014.002.006, 2015.018.1, 2019.019.3, MEETING.332-334.2a-b, MEETING.340.002, MEETING.340.003, MEETING.340.004a-b, MEETING.340.1 Related Units of Description: Charleston Contradictions: A Case Study of Historic Preservation Theories and Policies: Background Research by David Payne (2013.002.126, P384) Publications related to the preservation of modern architecture (pamphlet collection P396).

Related Publications

Notes

See also section of dissertation "Charleston Contradictions: A Case Study of Historic Preservation Theories and Policies" by David Payne (P384).

Created By

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Create Date

August 26, 2010

Updated By

admin@catalogit.app

Update Date

February 17, 2023