Discovery of and Work on Granville Bastion, 1925

Photograph

Historic Charleston Foundation

Granville Bastion (16a)

Origsize: 5x7; Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 100 dpi

Name/Title

Discovery of and Work on Granville Bastion, 1925

Entry/Object ID

EBAY.040.3.3a-f

Description

Two sleeves containing six photographs of the Granville Bastion underneath the Missroon House (40 East Bay Street) as it is being uncovered, and as it is being worked on by Simons & Lapham, in 1925. Photograph 16b is oriented so that the houses across the street can be seen (41 East Bay Street, 43 East Bay Street). Granville Bastion... "was the fortification that formed the southeast corner of the original line of military works that completely surrounded the settlement of 1680 on Oyster Point" (now known as White Point Gardens or the Battery).

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

EBAY.040.

Source or Donor

40 East Bay Street (Missroon House)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Made/Created

Artist

Unattributed

Date made

1925

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Granville Bastion, East Bay Street, Walled City, Missroon House (Charleston, S.C.)--Photographs, Excavations (Archaeology)--South Carolina--Charleston, Fortification--South Carolina--Charleston, City walls--South Carolina--Charleston, Simons & Lapham Architects (Firm)

Dimensions

Height

5 in

Width

7 in

Location

Container

Document Box

Shelf

Archives C-5

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Date

February 7, 2023

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Simons, Albert

Person or Organization

Lapham, Samuel S.

Related Entries

Notes

2011.005.1a-b, 2011.015.20a-b, EBAY.040., EBAY.040.1.2, EBAY.040.2.1, EBAY.040.2.10, EBAY.040.2.11, EBAY.040.2.12, EBAY.040.2.13, EBAY.040.2.14, EBAY.040.2.15, EBAY.040.2.16, EBAY.040.2.17, EBAY.040.2.18, EBAY.040.2.19, EBAY.040.2.2, EBAY.040.2.3, EBAY.040.2.4, EBAY.040.2.5, EBAY.040.2.6, EBAY.040.2.7, EBAY.040.2.8, EBAY.040.2.9, EBAY.040.3.1, EBAY.040.3.2a, EBAY.040.3.2b, EBAY.040.3.2c, EBAY.040.3.2d, EBAY.040.3.2e, EBAY.040.3.2f-g, EBAY.040.3.2h, EBAY.040.3.2i, EBAY.040.3.2j, EBAY.040.3.2k, EBAY.040.3.3g-j, EBAY.040.3.3k-t, EBAY.040.3.3u-dd, EBAY.040.3.4a, EBAY.040.3.4b-c, EBAY.040.3.4d, EBAY.040.3.5, EBAY.040.3.6a-m

Copyright

Copyright Details

Charleston Museum photographs. Need permission to reproduce.

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Create Date

August 1, 2007

Updated By

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Update Date

February 17, 2023