Name/Title
Barre Street (General)Entry/Object ID
BARRE.GEN.1Scope and Content
Barre (pronounced like Barry) Street was surveyed in 1770 as the westernmost street of the Village of Harleston running south to north from a creek just below Beaufain Street and crossing a creek just to the north of Bull Street. The street, however, was platted through marshlands and never actually laid out. Lucas Street, located at a point between Barre (as platted in 1770) and Gadsden streets, and running north from Manigault Street (as the western portion of Calhoun was then called) to Mill Street (now Sabin), was cut through the lands of Jonathan Lucas, Sr. and Jr., mill builders and operators. The continuation of Lucas Street south of Calhoun into the lands and Jr. was also called Lucas Street. In the mid-20th century, when the street was continued south to Broad Street, the old name of Barre was revived and applied to the length of the street. Barre street honors Isaac Barre, a member of Parliament who, like William Pitt, sponsored the cause of the colonists against ''taxation without representation." (Source: Charleston Streets website)
File contains "Brief History of Barre Street, from Broad to Calhoun St., Also the Area West of Barre to What is Now Lockwood Drive" by J. Palmer Gaillard Jr. (2000) which includes photographs of Anderson Lumber Co. office at the corner Broad and Chisolm, Anderson Lumber Co. entrance at the west end of Broad Street, schooners waiting to be loaded at Anderson Lumber Co., looking northeast from the Ashley River-Anderson Lumber Co. mill pond, West Point Rice Mill (ca. 1926), yacht basin under construction (1960).Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Property RecordsAcquisition
Accession
BARRE.GEN.Source or Donor
Barre Street (General)Acquisition Method
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Barre Street, Harleston Village, Streets--South Carolina--CharlestonArchive Details
Archive Size/Extent
1 File FolderArchive Notes
Finding Aids: Index to Property Files.
Level of Description: FolderLocation
Location
Shelf
Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentDate
February 7, 2023Location
Container
PF Box 7Shelf
Prop File Shelves, Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
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June 3, 2011Updated By
admin@catalogit.appUpdate Date
February 17, 2023
