Name/Title
On the Eve of the Charleston Renaissance: The George W. Johnson PhotographsEntry/Object ID
2006.002.0166Description
Collection of photographs by George W. Johnson, photographer at the turn of the 20th century, and accompanying narrative. Features Charleston buildings and Charlestonians at work and at play, including African-Americans.
Features the following photographs and descriptions: Middleton-Pinckney Mansion (14 George Street), the Charleston Orphan House, toll gate at the Ashley River Bridge, Villa Margherita (4 South Battery), William Gibbes House (64 South Battery); Caspar Christian Schutt House (51 East Bay Street); J.R. Johnson & Sons umbrella shop (253 King Street), terminus of East Bay Street at the Battery, Colonial Lake houses (a/k/a West End Lake), Morris Island Lighthouse, Calhoun Mansion (16 Meeting Street), Rainbow Row, 78 Church Street, Catfish Row (89-91 Church Street), Manigualt Lodge (350 Meeting Street, Miles Brewton House Carriage House; 50 Broad Street, Blake Tenements, John Rutledge House (116 Broad Street), Dock Street Theater, Old Slave Mart (6 Chalmers Street), Pirate House (143-145 Church Street), Pink House (17 Chalmers Street, Powder Magazine, Fireproof Building (100 Meeting Street), Charleston Library Society, Charleston Workhouse (corner of Magazine Street and Logan Street), Heyward-Washington House (87 Church Street), Market Hall, Vanderhorst Row (76-80 East Bay Street), Coates Row, Nathaniel Heyward House (~293 East Bay or 295 East Bay), Elias Vanderhorst House (28 Chapel Street), Randolph Hall, Porter's Lodge, Blacklock House, Gaillard-Bennett House (60 Montagu Street), Isaac Jenkins Mikell House (94 Rutledge Avenue), Old Citadel and Marion Square, Drayton Hall, Aiken-Rhett House, Bennett Rice Mill, Fenwick Hall, Marshlands House (Fort Johnson), French Huguenot Church, St. Philip's Church, First Scots Presbyterian Church, Citadel Square Baptist Church, St. John's Lutheran Church and Unitarian Church, New Tabernacle Fourth Baptist Church, Circular Congregational Church, St. Finbar's Catholic Church, St. James Goose Creek, Old Sheldon Church, St. George's at Old Dorchester. Also features a variety of ironwork gates and statues.
176 p. : chiefly ill. ; 23 x 29 cm.Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation LibraryAcquisition
Accession
2006.002.Source or Donor
New Library Catalog Records (2006)Acquisition Method
Found in CollectionLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
BookNomenclature Sub-Class
Other DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
United States Local History, South Carolina, Charleston, Johnson, George W., 1858-1934, Charleston (S.C.)--Pictorial works, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston--Pictorial works, African Americans, Church buildings--Pictorial worksBook Details
Author
Bostick, Douglas W., Crooks, Daniel J.
Johnson, George W., 1858-1934Edition
1st ed.Publisher
Joggling Board PressPlace Published
City
CharlestonState/Province
South CarolinaCountry
United States of AmericaDate Published
2005Call No.
F279 .C443 J64 2005ISBN
0-9753498-1-3Notes
Copy No.: 0Location
Category
PermanentDate
February 7, 2023Moved By
Winslow HastieDate
September 15, 2020General Notes
Note
Notes: Compiled by Douglas W. Bostick and Daniel J. Crooks, Jr.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-168) and index.
George W. Johnson: b. in Charleston, S.C., on Jan. 22, 1858; married Evelyn Sweeny in Jan. 1884; a haberdasher turned professional photographer, Johnson documented the 1886 earthquake and the 1902 South Carolina Interstate and West Indian Exposition, as well as Charleston's buildings and inhabitants; d. in Dec. 1934.Created By
admin@catalogit.appCreate Date
July 11, 2006Updated By
sferguson@historiccharleston.orgUpdate Date
April 5, 2023