Name/Title
A New Guide to Modern Charleston: Profusely Illustrated, With Map and General Index, 1912Entry/Object ID
2011.002.054Secondary Title
New Guide Book of the Modern CharlestonDescription
Includes descriptions of depots and docks; hotels; Isle of Palms; Summerville, restaurants; general stores; banks; garages; theaters; transfer and carriages; how to use the street cars; walks, excursions, rides, motor runs; Palmetto Park Race Course; resorts about Charleston; buildings of interest; Magnolia Cemetery; historic churches; colleges and schools; hospitals; historical sketch of Charleston; railway and steamship schedules; street railway schedule.
Includes photographs of several buildings, some lost: St. John's Hotel (115 Meeting Street), Charleston Hotel, Argyle Hotel (St. Charles Hotel) (200 Meeting Street), Occidental Restaurant (134 Market Street), Palace Cafe (corner of King Street and Market Street, 223 King Street), David Outfitting Company (273 King Street), Louis Cohen & Co. [department store] (two entrances at 203 Meeting Street and 232-234 King Street), Exchange Banking and Trust Company (39 Broad Street), interior of Citizens Bank on King Street, interior of Freyschmidt's Drug Store (291 King Street); Victoria Theater (86 Society Street), Walker Evans & Cogswell Co. (3 Broad Street), Commercial Club (101 Meeting Street), The Battery, U.S. Post Office and Courthouse (83 Broad Street), U.S. Custom House (200 East Bay Street), Charleston County Courthouse (84 Broad Street), Charleston City Hall (80 Broad Street), Market Hall (188 Meeting Street), William Enston Home (900 King Street), St. Michael's Church (80 Meeting Street), Cathedral of St. John the Baptist (122 Broad Street), Bethel Methodist Church (57 Pitt Street), Roper Hospital (316 Calhoun Street), and Union Station (44 Columbus Street).
112 p. : 1 map, ill. (photocopy)Collection
Pamphlets, Guidebooks, Reports, Theses/DissertationsAcquisition
Accession
2011.002.Source or Donor
New Library Catalog Records (2011)Acquisition Method
Found in CollectionLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
BookNomenclature Sub-Class
Other DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Tourist maps, tourist publications, Charleston (S.C.)--Description and travelOther Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Number Type
Other NumberOther Number
P365Book Details
Publisher
Walker, Evans & CogswellPlace Published
City
CharlestonState/Province
South CarolinaCountry
United States of AmericaDate Published
circa 1911Call No.
F279 .C4 N4 1911Location
Location
Shelf
Books-PamphletsRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentDate
February 7, 2023General Notes
Note
Notes: Available via Google Books: http://books.google.com/books?id=mrE-AAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=new+guide+to+modern+charleston&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=falseCreated By
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June 27, 2011Updated By
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March 30, 2023