Demolition of First National Bank Building (139 East Bay Street)

Photograph

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Historic Charleston Foundation

a: 139 East Bay Street Before Demolition: Origsize: ~3.25x4; Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 100 dpi
a: 139 East Bay Street Before Demolition

Origsize: ~3.25x4; Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 100 dpi

Name/Title

Demolition of First National Bank Building (139 East Bay Street)

Entry/Object ID

EBAY.139.2a-g

Description

Seven B&W Polaroid photographs of 139 East Bay Street (First National Bank Building), before and after its demolition. a: Street (east) elevation. Building in early preparation for demolition, with pedestrian safety walkway in front of building and plywood barrier erected. Neighboring buildings also in view (137 East Bay, 141 East Bay). Dated November 1957. b: Detail of pediment, entablature, frieze, and column. Dated August 19, 1957. c: Demolition debris featuring a remnant of wall with bank vault. Dated December 1957. d: Demolition debris. South elevation of 141 East Bay Street in background. Dated December 1957. e: Demolition debris featuring a remnant of wall with bank vault. Dated December 1957. f: Demolition debris featuring an iron staircase. Dated December 1957. g: After demolition showing the fencing in front of the now vacant lot.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Polaroid

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

EBAY.139.

Source or Donor

139 East Bay Street (First National Bank Building)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Made/Created

Artist

Historic Charleston Foundation

Date made

1957

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

Lost Architecture, East Bay Street, Demolished buildings, lost buildings, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, Lost architecture--South Carolina--Charleston, Bank buildings--South Carolina--Charleston

Dimensions

Height

3-1/4 in

Width

4 in

Location

Location

Cabinet

Photo File Cabinets

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

EBAY.139.1, EBAY.139.3a-b, EBAY.139.4

Copyright

Copyright Details

In copyright

Created By

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Create Date

December 10, 2007

Updated By

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Update Date

February 17, 2023