56 Beaufain Street

Photograph

Historic Charleston Foundation

56 Beaufain Street, ca. 1937

Origformat: Digital Image

Name/Title

56 Beaufain Street

Entry/Object ID

BEAUFAIN.GEN.006

Description

B&W photograph (scan) of the house located at 52-54 Beaufain Street, south (front) elevation. Two children stand in the doorway. The house was demolished for the construction of Memminger High School, which later became the site of Memminger Auditorium. Note about location: Logan Street used to end in front of this house before the bend was constructed to connect to Coming Street.

Collection

HCF Image Collection

Acquisition

Accession

BEAUFAIN.GEN.

Source or Donor

Beaufain Street (General)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Made/Created

Artist

Johnston, Frances Benjamin

Date made

circa 1937

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

Children

Search Terms

Lost Architecture, Beaufain Street, Demolished buildings, lost buildings, Dwellings--South Carolina--Charleston, Lost architecture--South Carolina--Charleston

Location

Building

Digital File

Date

February 7, 2023

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

BEAUFAIN.056.001, BEAUFAIN.056.002

Provenance

Notes

Obtained from Shorpy.com, entitled "The Quarters: 1937." (See Media link.)

General Notes

Note

Notes: Shorpy.com notes indicate that the photograph was by Frances Benjamin Johnston and incorrectly notes the address as 7-9-11 Beaufain Street.

Created By

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Create Date

January 7, 2015

Updated By

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Update Date

February 17, 2023