Sword Gates (32 Legare Street)

Photograph

Historic Charleston Foundation

Sword Gate

Origsize: 8x10; Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 150 dpi

Name/Title

Sword Gates (32 Legare Street)

Entry/Object ID

LEGARE.032.7

Description

B&W photograph of the Sword Gate (32 Legare Street). Captioned on back: The famous Sword Gates, shown above, were made in 1838 and installed in 1849. The gates are observed and admired by local citizens and visitors alike as they drive or walk along Legare Street enjoying the beauty of many old homes and small private gardens in that pert of the city." Stamped "Trident Chamber."

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

LEGARE.032.

Source or Donor

32 Legare Street (Swordgate House)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Made/Created

Artist

Metz, Julian

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

Gates, Ironwork

Search Terms

Legare Street, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston

Dimensions

Height

8 in

Width

10 in

Location

Cabinet

Photo File Cabinets

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Date

February 7, 2023

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

2005.011.010, 2006.013.3C, 2020.005.3-4, LEGARE.032.1, LEGARE.032.10a-b, LEGARE.032.2, LEGARE.032.3, LEGARE.032.4, LEGARE.032.5, LEGARE.032.6a-d, LEGARE.032.8, LEGARE.032.9

Created By

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Create Date

October 17, 2019

Updated By

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Update Date

February 16, 2023