360 Meeting Street (The Charleston Museum)

Archive

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Historic Charleston Foundation

The Charleston Museum (ca. 1996): Origsize: 4x6
The Charleston Museum (ca. 1996)

Origsize: 4x6

Name/Title

360 Meeting Street (The Charleston Museum)

Entry/Object ID

MEETING.360.1

Scope and Content

Constructed 1979-80. Chrissman and Solomon, architects. A Boston architectural firm won the design competition to produce the plans for the new Charleston Museum in 1976. The monumental contemporary structure was intended to appear contextual but deliberately planned to lack historical references to the surrounding area. A planned mall, a series of four rectangles connected by glass corridors linking the new museum to its Joseph Manigault House, was never undertaken. The construction of this building, particularly in a neighborhood then lacking revitalization, was considered by the City Council and planners as a major first step toward rejuvenation of the area and greater access to the nation's oldest museum. File contains narrative history (by Jonathan Poston) from Vernacular Architecture of Charleston; newspaper articles; article from Preservation Progress (Nov. 1964); handwritten research notes (undated, unattributed); excerpts from a publication listing accessions in 1798.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

MEETING.360.

Source or Donor

360 Meeting Street (The Charleston Museum)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

Meeting Street, Charleston Museum (Charleston, S.C.), Museum 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

2004.021.118, 2005.019.04, 2008.001.6, 2011.003.09, 2015.018.7a-d, MEETING.360.2, RUTLEDGE.121.1, RUTLEDGE.121.2, RUTLEDGE.121.3 Related Units of Description: See also 121 Rutledge Avenue photos (various collections). Old Charleston Museum [Thompson Auditorium].

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 614

Created By

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Create Date

August 30, 2010

Updated By

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Update Date

February 17, 2023