Views of the Fireproof Building (100 Meeting Street)
Entry/Object ID
MEETING.100.3a-h
Description
Group of B&W Polaroid photographs of the Fireproof Building (100 Meeting Street):
a: Corner view of the building showing the north (Chalmers Street) and west (Meeting Street) elevations. Also shows the street corner. Dated April 1958.
b-d: Views of the building from Washington Square Park showing the south and east elevations. Photo B* shows some disrepair (1957?). Photo C dated December 1957. Photo D dated 1960.
e-f: Views of the interior of the ground level (basement) arcade. Photo C dated April 1958. Photo D dated 1960.
g: Detail of the tops of the columns surmounted by their entablature and pediment.*
h: Detail of the ironwork and columns viewed from the interior of the basement arcade.*
*Photo B is the left-hand portion of a photo cut in half. Photo G is the top half of a photo cut in half. Photo H is a section of a cut photo.
Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records
Acquisition
Accession
MEETING.100.
Source or Donor
100 Meeting Street (Fireproof Building)
Acquisition Method
Collected by Staff
Made/Created
Artist
Historic Charleston Foundation
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Photograph
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Columns, Entablatures, Pediments, Ironwork
Search Terms
Meeting Street, Fireproof Building (Charleston, S.C.), Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston
