Old City Jail Photographic Documentation for Rehabilitation

Photograph

Historic Charleston Foundation

Old City Jail

Origsize: 3.5x5; Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 150 dpi

Name/Title

Old City Jail Photographic Documentation for Rehabilitation

Entry/Object ID

2011.022.87a-l

Description

Color photographs documenting the conditions of the Old City Jail (21 Magazine Street). Exterior and interior shots and details. Minimal identification provided by donor; however, photographs kept in original order by group: a: "Ground level" (42 photos). b: "Second level, main hall" (6 photos). c: "Northeast stair tower, warden's quarters" (9 photos). d: "Northwest stair tower, warden's quarters" (4 photos). e: "Third floor, west cell block" (6 photos). f: "Third floor, warden's quarters" (10 photos). g: "Third floor, southeast cell" (3 photos). h: "Octa" (3 photos). i: Unidentified group 1 (5 photos). j: Unidentified group 2 (15 photos). k: Unidentified group 3 (42 photos). l: Negatives (35mm), unidentified, but possibly for all of the above. Most color, some B&W. (11 sleeves.)

Context

Photographs taken in preparation for "Preliminary Assessment and Feasibility Study for Rehabilitation."

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

2011.022.

Source or Donor

Laurens, John

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of John Laurens III

Made/Created

Artist

Preservation Consultants

Date made

circa 1992

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Magazine Street, Old City Jail (Charleston, S.C.), Jails--South Carolina--Charleston, Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration--South Carolina--Charleston

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Mostly 3.5x5; some 4x6

Location

Container

PresCons Photos 2

Shelf

Archives H-1

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Date

February 7, 2023

Notes

Location of Negative: File "L" Images in this record: 1: 2011.022.87k, sleeve 3 2: 2011.022.87k, sleeve 4 3: 2011.022.87k, sleeve 5 4: 2011.022.87c, sleeve 2 5: 2011.022.87e, sleeve 1

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

2004.020.082, 2006.007.57, 2018.005.42, MAGAZINE.021.1, MAGAZINE.021.2, MAGAZINE.021.3A-B, MAGAZINE.021.4a-c, MAGAZINE.021.5, MAGAZINE.021.6a-b

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

March 22, 2016

Updated By

sferguson@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

August 24, 2023