East Battery Homes and Buildings Viewed from the Southern Wharf, ca. 1885

Photograph

Historic Charleston Foundation

East Battery/East Bay Street Homes From Wharf

Name/Title

East Battery Homes and Buildings Viewed from the Southern Wharf, ca. 1885

Entry/Object ID

EBAY.GEN.18

Description

B&W photograph (scan) showing the view of East Battery houses from 19 South Battery to 29 East Battery, and also the Southern Wharf buildings and structures. The framed structure at the right appears to be damaged, possibly by the 1885 cyclone. Docked sailboat at right. See also image from 1884 Sanborn Map, attached to this record.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

EBAY.GEN.

Source or Donor

East Bay Street (General)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Made/Created

Artist

Unattributed

Date made

circa 1885

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Sailboats

Search Terms

East Bay Street, East Battery, Demolished buildings, lost buildings, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, Wharves--South Carolina--Charleston, Cyclone damage--South Carolina--Charleston, Lost architecture--South Carolina--Charleston, Charleston Cyclone, S.C., 1885

Location

Building

Digital File

Date

February 7, 2023

Provenance

Notes

Multi-forwarded email from Kitty Robinson, 5/13/2014. Source of original photograph not indicated.

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

May 13, 2014

Updated By

admin@catalogit.app

Update Date

February 17, 2023