An Original Map of Charleston, South Carolina [a/k/a Bridgens and Allen Map]

Archive

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Historic Charleston Foundation

Name/Title

An Original Map of Charleston, South Carolina [a/k/a Bridgens and Allen Map]

Entry/Object ID

2019.001.6

Scope and Content

Poster format of the detailed map showing footprints of houses and buildings, wharves, the Washington Race Course, Magnolia Cemetery, etc. Public buildings noted. Commonly referred to as the "Bridgens and Allen Map" of 1852. Poster possibly created by the South Carolina Historical Society, which has the original map in its collection.

Collection

HCF Map Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2019.001

Source or Donor

New Archives Catalog Records (2019)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

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

Posters

Search Terms

Historic maps of Charleston, Charleston (S.C.)--Maps, Public buildings--South Carolina--Charleston--Maps

Archive Details

Creator

Allen, Robert Copeland, Bridgens, Richard P.

Archive Size/Extent

1 poster, ~26" x 42"

Archive Notes

Date(s) Created: 1852 (original); date of copy unknown Date(s): 1852 (date of original) Associated Material: Original map at SC Historical Society, #32-120 Publisher: Hayden Brother & Co. Place Published: Charleston

Location

Location

Container

Folder

Drawer

Drawer 4

Cabinet

Blueprints-Maps 5

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

2010.001.03

General Notes

Note

Notes: Surveyed by R.P. Bridgens and Robert Allen.

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

February 15, 2019

Updated By

kemmons

Update Date

June 18, 2019