East Bay Street Historic Plats

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

EBAY.GEN.3

Scope and Content

Six copies of 18th- and early 19th century plats of East Bay Street lots: a: "A Plan for a Body of Land and Wharves Belonging to Samuel Prioleau Jr. Esq., Situated on East Bay, in Ward No. 3, in the City of Charleston ... from a survey taken in May 1707 by Joseph Purcell." Vicinity of East Bay between Unity Alley and Queen Street. Adjacent wharves and lots belonged to Thomas Cochran (to the south) and Alexander Gillon (to the north). Currently in the vicinity of North Atlantic Wharf, Cordes Street, and Vendue Range. RMC plat 622. b: Plat showing East Bay Street houses at and just north of Tradd Street. Also features nearby wharves and docks on the Cooper River, including Market Wharf [today South Adger's Wharf], with an elevation of the south front of the row of buildings on the market wharf. Dated June 1793. c: "A Plan of a Lot of Land on the West Side of East Bay Street ... Ward No. 1, Showing all the Buildings and other Improvements Thereon, Belonging to Thomas Somarsall(?) ..." Surveyed 23 November, 1799, by J. Purcell. also shows a lots belonging to Thomas Pinckney, John McCall, and Daniel Jennings(?). d: "Plan of a Lot of Land in the City of Charleston Lying on the West Side of East Bay Street and North Side of Unity Alley in Ward No. 2, with the Buildings and Other Improvements Thereon Belonging to John McCrady Esq., from a Survey Taken in October 1800 by Joseph Purcell." Copied January(?) 17th 1866. RMC Plat 3341. Shows Unity Alley and the location of Cordes Street. e: Plat of East Bay Street lots, mostly illegible. One boundary lists John Beal. RMC Plat 3375. f: Plat of East Bay Street lots "situated as above in Ward No. 3," bounded by the Pinckney and Pritchard lots. Surveyed May 12th 1814, by Wm. Hume.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

EBAY.GEN.

Source or Donor

East Bay Street (General)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Plat

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Map

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Cartograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Plats

Search Terms

East Bay Street, Streets-South Carolina--Charleston

Archive Details

Archive Size/Extent

a: 13" x 20" (on 17" x 24" paper) b: 10.5" x 13.75" (on 17" x 24" paper) c: 12.5" x 8.5" (on 17" x 24" paper) d: 13" x 9" (on 17" x 24" paper) e: 9.5" x 8" (on 11.5" x 17" paper) f: 14.25" x 7" (on 17" x 24" paper) g: 6" x 7" (on 11.5" x 17" paper)

Archive Notes

Date(s) Created: Various Date(s): Various Finding Aids: See Finding Aid to Architectural Drawings, Maps, and Plats. See List of Properties; then locate Cabinet, Drawer, Folder. Level of Description: Item

Location

Container

Misc. Plats & Maps

Drawer

Drawer 1

Cabinet

Blueprints-Maps 6

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Date

February 7, 2023

General Notes

Note

Notes: Copy of RMC Plat 6988 discarded, copy illegible.

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

November 6, 2014

Updated By

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Update Date

February 17, 2023