220 King Street (Nathan Hart Building)

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Historic Charleston Foundation

202 King Street, ca. 1970s: Origsize: 8x10; Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 75 dpi
202 King Street, ca. 1970s

Origsize: 8x10; Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 75 dpi

Name/Title

220 King Street (Nathan Hart Building)

Entry/Object ID

KING.220.1

Scope and Content

Constructed 1838-40; rehabilitated 1988. The Charleston hardware merchant Nathan Hart lost his business in the fire of 1838 when the conflagration consumed a 3-story house on this site that he leased from the trustee for the owners, the Schmidt family. Purchasing this site, Hart constructed his own building shortly thereafter, and it remained in his family until the late-19th century. Reflecting the high quality of Charleston construction in the antebellum period, the red brick facade is beak jointed with a fine white mortar, and the King Street facade second story windows have granite lintels. A late-19th century style storefront has been added spanning the corner of the first floor. Beyond the main block of the building, along Market Street, late-19th century pressed-metal window and door hoods survive. An arched brick 2-story hyphen, typical of King Street, separates this from the adjacent structure at 218 King Street. The latter building with similar brick detailing and a surviving modillioned cornice and parapet was also built in the years immediately after the fire. File contains description of physical appearance and statement of significance from an undated Part I Certification application; newspaper articles (undated DYKYC and article about renovation).

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

KING.220.

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Commercial buildings

Search Terms

King Street, Historic 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

Building

Missroon/Archives/Property File Shelves

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Location

Container

PF Box 53

Building

Missroon/Archives/Property File Shelves

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

KING.220.2a-b, KING.220.3a-c, MARKET.GEN.2 Related Units of Description: King Street Survey (KING.GEN.001) and King Street "General" files (KING.GEN.002) Preservation Consultants files (Part I and/or Part II applications and/or photos and/or miscellaneous documentation), 2011.022.1

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 362

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

June 16, 2011

Updated By

admin@catalogit.app

Update Date

February 17, 2023