Photographic Survey of the Charleston Center Site and Surroundings
a: Anson Street at North Market Street
Origsize: 5x7; Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 150 dpi
Name/Title
Photographic Survey of the Charleston Center Site and SurroundingsEntry/Object ID
HCF.005.7.1a-wDescription
Photographic survey of the area surrounding the site where Charleston Center [Charleston Place] would be constructed. Twenty-three B&W photographs. Two copies of each photo in sleeve (except for Photo A). a: Anson Street at North Market Street. b: Market Street at Anson Street. Market Street shed at right. c: Looking west on Hayne Street to Meeting Street. 11 Hayne (at left) and 10 Hayne (at right). d: Looking south on Meeting Street from 242 Meeting. Anderson Electric Co. (246 Meeting) at right. e: Parking lot on Wentworth Street near King Street [60 Wentworth / 260 King Street]; northeast corner of the Kerrison's building at upper right. f: Parking lot on Wentworth Street near King Street [60 Wentworth / 260 King Street] g: Looking south on King Street from Wentworth Street. 270 King (Shahid's Furniture City) at left and 273 King Street at right, down to ~240 King. Diana Shops (264 King) and Kerrisons building (260 King) in view. h: Looking south on King Street from 260 King Street (Kerrisons) down to ~240 King. Snelgrove's dress shop (258 King) and Daisy Bogin dress shop (256 King), and the corner of Hasell Street, also in view. i: Looking north on King Street from 190 King Street at right and 191 King Street at left. Kerrisons building in the background. j: Area bounded by Market Street, 188-220 King Street, Horlbeck Alley, and the 173 block of Meeting Street. k: Aerial view looking east at the rooftops and rear elevations of buildings on the 170 block of King Street. l: Aerial view looking southeast in the vicinity of the rear of 231 King Street. m: Aerial view looking southwest from Market Street near King Street toward Archdale Street. Tops of St. John's Lutheran Church and the Unitarian Church in background. n: Aerial view from the vicinity of 235 Meeting Street. o: Looking east on Market Street from near the intersection of Archdale Street. Market Hall in the distance. Goodyear building at left; 40 Archdale Street at right. p: Looking east toward Meeting Street from near the intersection of Beaufain Street. q: Looking east on Hasell Street from the C. B. Prentiss & Co. Customer Parking Lot and 95 Hasell Street (St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church). 87 Hasell and 85 Hasell also in view at left. r: Looking north on Meeting Street toward Market Street, from the 135 Meeting (Gibbes Art Gallery) and 141 Meeting (Charleston Gas Light Co. Building) at left. s: Looking north on Meeting Street toward Market Street, from the parking lot of the White Horse Inn. The Golden Eagle Motor Inn next door is also in view. t: Looking north on Meeting Street toward Market Street, from the Golden Eagle Motor Inn. Madren Paint Co. (177 Meeting) also in view. u: Looking north from the intersection of Meeting Street and Market Street. Madren Paint Co. (177 Meeting) at left; First Citizens Bank, Market Hall, and 112 North Market at right. v: Looking northwest from the parking lot of First Citizens Bank at the corner of South Market Street and Meeting Street. Southern elevation of Market Hall at right. Also features the buildings at the northwest corner of Meeting and Market. w: Looking northwest from the corner of South Market Street and Meeting Street. Columns and stairs to market Hall in foreground. Also features the buildings at the northwest corner of Meeting and Market.Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Property RecordsAcquisition
Accession
HCF.Source or Donor
HCF Institutional RecordsAcquisition Method
Collected by StaffMade/Created
Artist
Historic Charleston FoundationDate made
circa 1977Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Charleston Place / Charleston Center, Market Street, Anson Street, Hayne Street, Meeting Street, Wentworth Street, King Street, Lowcountry Digital Library, Hasell Street, Charleston Center Photo, Charleston Place (S.C.), City planning--South Carolina--Charleston, Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration--South Carolina--Charleston, Historic preservation--South Carolina--Charleston, Streets--South Carolina--Charleston, Historic buildings--South Carolina--CharlestonDimensions
Height
5 inWidth
7 inLocation
Location
Container
Chas Ctr PhotosDrawer
Tradd-YeamansCabinet
Photo File CabinetsRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentDate
February 7, 2023Relationships
Related Entries
Notes
2006.002.0137, 2009.002.088, HCF.005.7, HCF.005.7.2a-e, HCF.005.7.3, MEETING.205-229.01, MEETING.205-229.02, MEETING.205-229.03, MEETING.205-229.04, MEETING.205-229.05, MEETING.205-229.06, MEETING.205-229.07, MEETING.205-229.08, MEETING.205-229.09, MEETING.205-229.10, MEETING.205-229.11, MEETING.205-229.12, MEETING.205-229.13Related Publications
Notes
See also photographs of individual buildings, search term "Charleston Center Photo"Provenance
Notes
Two sets of photographs (with negatives) found in a file among the Charleston Center documents (HCF.005.7). Photos are numbered on back 2 through 25 (photos 1 and 17 are missing) and are cataloged in that original order. Numbers correspond to an annotated tax map in file with the other documents.Copyright
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Exhibit Start: 2015-11-1617