Black-and-white photograph of the view south on Meeting Street from 242 Meeting, showing Anderson Electric Co. (246 Meeting) at right and the Best Western King Charles Hotel (237 Meeting) at left.
Black-and-white photograph of the view south on King Street from Wentworth Street, showing 270 King (Shahid's Furniture City) (left) and 273 King Street (right) down to approximately 240 King. Diana Shops (264 King) and Kerrison's building (260 King) also in view.
Black-and-white photograph of the view south on King Street from 260 King Street (Kerrison's building) down to approximately 240 King. Snelgrove’s dress shop (258 King) and Daisy Bogin dress shop (256 King), and the corner of Hasell Street are also in view.
Black-and-white photograph of the view north on King Street showing the east side of King Street from 190 King Street (right) and 191 King Street (left). Kerrison's building in the background.
One of three black-and-white photographs of the side elevations of (possibly) 87 Hasell Street and its neighbor to the east at the time, 85 Hasell Street (gone). (87 Hasell Street currently borders the Hasell Street entry to Charleston Place and its parking garage.)
One of three black-and-white photographs of the structures at the rear of 238-242 King Street up to the rear of the buildings at about 199-203 Meeting Street, bordering what was the northern boundary of the Belk parking lot, and on the site where Charleston Center would be constructed.
One of four maps of King Street building footprints, hand-colored to designate status. This map illustrates the historical significance of buildings on King Street from Calhoun Street to Queen Street.
Looking north on Church Street from Chalmers Street. Features buildings on the west side of the street: 127 Church, 129 Church, 131 Church, and the Dock Street Theater). Also in view are buildings on the east side of the street: 18 Chalmers Street, 132 Church Street, and St. Philip's Church). Cars are parked on the street.
Two B&W photographs of buildings on the west side of King Street: Left (159-161): 159 King Street (Hildebrands) and 161 King Street; Right (201-203): 201 King Street (Castanes Grocery) and 203 King Street (later demolished for the construction of Victoria Center).
Three B&W photographs of buildings on the west side of King Street: Top left (337-339): 337 King Street (King's Restaurant) and 339 King Street (Fox Hi-Fi); Top right (331-335): 331 King Street, 333 King Street, and 335 King Street (Lesser-Tanenbaum); Bottom left (327-329): 327 King Street (Barton's Candy Card & Gift Shop) and 329 (Gloria Theater).
10 Wentworth Street (Charles W. Seignious House), with partial view of 12 Wentworth Street (left edge) and 8 Wentworth Street and 6 Wentworth Street (far right).
Black-and-white photograph of the view north on King Street showing the east side of King Street from 190 King Street (Home Appliance & Service Co.). Kerrison's building in background.
Four B&W photographs of buildings on the west side of King Street: Top left: 381 King Street (Felder's Rexall Drugs); Top right (367-369): 367 (Convertino's One Hour Cleaning) and 369 King Street (Lesser's Credit Jewelers); Bottom left (369-371): 369 King Street (Lesser's Credit Jewelers) and upper left portion of 371 King Street; Bottom right (341-343): 341 King Street (C.W. Kessler's) and 343 King Street (Askew's Clothiers).
Four B&W photographs of buildings on the east side of King Street: Top left (340-342): 340 King Street (Charlie Gilik Tailor Shop) and 342 King Street (Dior's Wigs); Top right (334-338): 334 King Street (Elza's), 336 King Street, and 338 King Street; Bottom left (330-334): 330-332 King Street (Clement Furniture Co.) and 334 King Street (Elza's); Bottom right: 330-332 King Street (Clement Furniture Company).
Four B&W photographs of buildings on the east side of King Street: Top left (368-370): 368 King Street (Club 400) (demolished for parking lot) and 270 King Street (World Finance Corp.); Top right: 362-364 King Street (Kaybee); Bottom left (354-356): 354 King Street and 356 King Street (White House Grocery); Bottom right (344-348): 344 King Street (Clark Clothier), 346 King Street, and 348 King Street (American Arcade - American Mortgage Co.)
Black-and-white photograph of 131 Market Street (Boswick's Auto Service), corner view of building (northeast elevation). Now the site of the entrance to a parking lot. Billboard for Historic Savannah posted on side of building.
Photograph of the Sing Lee Laundry (133 King Street) after the tornadoes of September 29, 1938, showing the damage done to the building. Signs for the Robbins Bros. Circus (on Sept. 26) are posted in the windows.
Black-and-white photograph of the aerial view looking southwest from Market Street near King Street toward Archdale Street. Tops of St. John's Lutheran Church and the Unitarian Church in background.
A brief introduction about the atmosphere and architecture of Charleston precedes photographs of Charleston buildings, streets, and views. Also features a "Portfolio of Picturesque Charleston Sketches," pencil drawings by Alfred Hutty. Edited and published by Russell F. Whitehead (New York, ??1928). Photographs by Kenneth Clark. Measured drawings (measured and drawn by Kenneth Clark) from the George F. Lindsay Collection of Early American Documents. Also includes promotional essay entitled "Innovations in Manufacture and Distribution of Lumber: Weyerhaeuser 4-Square-Package Method'; wood construction details; and corporation information about Weyerhaeuser Forest Products (St. Paul, Minnesota). Volume 14, number 2, of The White Pine Series of Architectural Monographs. Twenty-two pages; page numbering of original begins at 171.
History and architectural description of the William Gibbes House [64 South Battery] by Roy Marvin, illustrated with photographs and measured drawings. Edited and published by Russell F. Whitehead (New York, ??1928). Photographs by Kenneth Clark. Measured drawings (measured and drawn by Kenneth Clark) from the George F. Lindsay Collection of Early American Documents. Also includes wood construction details and corporation information about Weyerhaeuser Forest Products (St. Paul, Minnesota). Volume 14, number 3, of The White Pine Series of Architectural Monographs. Twenty-two pages; page numbering of original begins at 195.
Black-and-white photograph of the view east on Market Street from near the intersection of Archdale Street. Market Hall in the distance. Goodyear building at left; 40 Archdale Street at right.
Four B&W photographs of buildings on the east side of King Street: Top left (178-184): 178 King Street (W.K. Prause Co.), 180 King Street, 182 King Street, and 184 King Street; Top right: 174 King Street; Bottom left: 164 King Street (Charleston Library Society) [labeled 168 on album page]; Bottom right (160-162): 160 King Street and 162 King Street.
Four B&W photographs of buildings on the west side of King Street: Top left (181-183): 181 King Street (Jack Patla Antiques) and 183 King Street (The Art Shop); Top right (175-179): 175 King Street, 177 King Street, and 179 King Street (Fralix & Sons); Bottom left (169-173): 169 King Street (R.M. McGillivray's) and 171-173 King Street; Bottom right (165-169); 165 King Street and 169 King Street (R.M. McGillivray's).
View looking east on Market Street from the junction of King Street and Market, showing the parking lot where Belk Department Store once was (left) and 220 King Street (Blue Knight Gallery) (right) down to Market Hall (distance). Meeting Street elevation of the Arnold-Hornik Building (112 North Market) also in distance. "Sold" sign on fence surrounding the lot, which is now the site of Charleston Place / Charleston Center.
Article (offprint) "An Architectural Inventory for Charleston" and a review of This is Charleston exhibit by Helen G. McCormack from the Journal of the American Society of Architectural Historians (vol. 1, no. 3-4, Jul-Oct 1941).
Draft of article "An Architectural Inventory for Charleston" by Helen G. McCormack that would appear in the Journal of the American Society of Architectural Historians. Typed draft Includes author's handwritten edits.
Four B&W photographs of buildings on the east side of King Street: Top left (188-200): 188 King Street (Installment Finance Co. Loans), 190 King Street, and 192-200 King Street (Hoffman House); Top right (188-190): Edge of 188 King Street (Installment Finance Co. Loans) and 190 King Street (Home Appliances and Service Co.); Bottom left: 188 King Street (Installment Finance Co.); Bottom right (184-186): 184 King Street (Dinty Moore's) and 186 King Street.
Black-and-white photograph of Market Hall (188 Meeting Street) and the view east on South Market Street showing the Market sheds. Corner of North Market Street also in view.
Photograph of Lamboll Street elevation of 19 King Street [Thomas Lamboll House] after the tornadoes of September 29, 1938, showing the damage done to the piazzas and roof. Men are standing on the roof.
Black-and-white photograph of the view east on Hasell Street from the C. B. Prentiss & Co. Customer Parking Lot and 95 Hasell Street (St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church). 87 Hasell and 85 Hasell also in view at left.
Photograph 19 King Street [Thomas Lamboll House] after the tornadoes of September 29, 1938, showing the damage done to the house. King Street elevation.
Black-and-white photograph of 190-194 Meeting Street, street (west) elevation. 190 Meeting Street [112 North Market] is located at the northeast corner of Meeting and Market Streets. 190 Meeting Street (Hornik Dry Goods & Ready-to-Wear / M. Hornik & Co.) and 194 Meeting Street formerly was the Regular Veterans Association Post 479 building. Front of Market Hall at left.
Four B&W photographs of buildings on the west side of King Street, including 213 King and 215 King, demolished for the construction of Majestic Square: Top left (211-215): 211-213 King (Palmetto Hotel) and 215 King Street (Stephan's); Top right: 197 King Street; Bottom left 193-197: 193 King Street (Colonial Antique Shop), 195 King Street, and 197 King Street; Bottom right (191-197): 191 King Street (Birlant Antiques), 193 King Street, 195 King Street, 197 King Street.
Photograph of City Hall after the tornadoes of September 29, 1938, showing the damage done to the building. Men stand on the landing at the entry to the building.
Photograph of the Charleston County Courthouse after the tornadoes of September 29, 1938, showing the damage done to the building. View of the corner elevation (Meeting Street and Broad Street). People who are standing inside the building at the second and third story windows can be seen. To the left of the Courthouse, the Hebrew Orphanage (88 Broad Street) is also in view.
Photograph of a commercial building on a Church Street corner after the tornadoes of September 29, 1938, showing the damage done to the building. Probably located at the corner of Church and North Market Street or South Market Street. Onlookers stand on sidewalk.
Photograph of City Hall after the tornadoes of September 29, 1938, showing the damage done to the building. Infantry patrolmen and other men stand in front of building.
Photograph of the I.M. Pearlstine Building on Cumberland Street, located between East Bay and State Street, after the tornadoes of September 29, 1938, showing the damage done to the building. Portion of signage is visible at the right of the photograph, "I.M." and "Budwe[iser]"; signage for "Rex" is also on building (at left). Onlookers stand among the debris on the street.
Photograph of the ruins of a building on King Street after the tornadoes of September 29, 1938. Shows the debris of a completely demolished structure and the damaged roof of the neighboring building. Based on newspaper accounts, this is probably the site of the Rectory of the Church of the Sacred Heart at King and Huger Streets. Three men stand on the sidewalk facing the debris; other men are standing on a pile of debris.
Looking east on Market Street after the tornadoes of September 29, 1938, showing the Market Sheds in ruins. A damaged car is parked along side of the debris. The Old Church of the Redeemer can be seen in the background.
Photograph of 38 South Battery and 40 South Battery [Frederick Heinz Houses] and a portion of 42 South Battery, after the tornadoes of September 29, 1938, showing the damage done to the houses.
Photograph of City Hall after the tornadoes of September 29, 1938, showing the damage done to the building. Two trucks, including an Automatic Grocery truck, are parked in front of building. Onlookers are on the sidewalk in front of building; men stand at doorways and windows.
Photograph of the Timrod Hotel [ca. 101 Meeting Street], after the tornadoes of September 29, 1938, showing the damage done to the building. View of the hotel looking north on Meeting Street (southeast elevation). Infantry patrolmen stand on sidewalk by a car. Signage for Byars Drug Store is on the south elevation. [Note: The hotel was later demolished in the 1960s.]
Photograph of the Timrod Hotel [ca. 101 Meeting Street], after the tornadoes of September 29, 1938, showing the damage done to the building. East elevation. Men are sitting on the second story piazza ledge. Men stand on the sidewalk by a truck that is carrying debris. [Note: The hotel was later demolished in the 1960s.]
Looking northwest on Market Street from the U.S. Custom House on East Bay Street, after the tornadoes of September 29, 1938, showing damaged and ruined Market Sheds. Also shows the damaged buildings on North Market Street. Onlookers and cars are in the street. Partial view of ca. 225 East Bay Street (now gone) is on the left.
Single brochure for the 1948 Historic Charleston Foundation's Tour of Homes and 27 corresponding pamphlets about each individual home. These pamphlets contain descriptions by Samuel Gaillard Stoney (with illustrations) of each house on tour in 1948. Produced by Historic Charleston Foundation, 1948.
Black-and-white photograph of 196 Meeting Street, showing the southeast corner of Meeting Street and Hayne Street (left) and 190-194 Meeting (right). Sign for the business across the street in upper left of photo, Dixie [Shoe Company] (211 Meeting).
Black-and-white photograph of 199 Meeting Street (Ace Liquors Inc, formerly known as The Horse Shoe bar) and the view west across what was the location of Belk Department Store (232 King Street) and parking lot, now the site of Charleston Place (f/k/a Charleston Center). Shows buildings on the west side of King Street: 231 King, 233 King, 235 King, and 237 King.
Looking north on Church Street from the northeast corner of Chalmers Street. Features buildings on the west side of the street: 129 Church, 131 Church, and the Dock Street Theater). Also in view are buildings on the east side of the street: 18 Chalmers Street, 132 Church Street, and St. Philip's Church). Cars are parked on the street.
One of four maps of King Street building footprints, hand-colored to designate status. This map illustrates the historical significance of buildings on King Street from Calhoun Street to Columbus Street.
One of three black-and-white photographs of the structures at the rear of 238-242 King Street up to the rear of the buildings at about 199-203 Meeting Street, bordering what was the northern boundary of the Belk parking lot, and on the site where Charleston Center would be constructed.
One of three black-and-white photographs of the side elevations of (possibly) 87 Hasell Street and its neighbor to the east at the time, 85 Hasell Street (gone). (87 Hasell Street currently borders the Hasell Street entry to Charleston Place and its parking garage.)
Four aerial views of Charleston looking across the peninsula. Top left: Looking northeast, possibly from St. Michael’s Church, showing Broad Street and the area to its north bounded by East Bay Street, and possibly Queen Street. Cars are parked along the street. Landmarks include the Confederate Home and its rear dormitory apartments, People's Building, Old Exchange Building, and the corner of Broad and Church Streets showing the Bank of South Carolina Building (50 Broad Street) before it was restored. A faint view of the U.S. Customhouse is at the far left. Top right: Looking southeast, possibly from the Francis Marion Hotel, with Meeting Street bisecting the view at a diagonal. Landmarks include the U.S. Customhouse, Charleston Hotel, People’s Building, and St. Philip’s Church. Bottom left: Looking south on King Street, possibly from the Francis Marion Hotel, showing King Street from approximately 360 King down to the bend near Market Street, and the view east of King Street. Vehicles can be seen on King Street. Landmarks include the Masonic Temple Building (270 King Street), the tower of the Peoples First National Bank Building (also known as the Hirsh Israel Building, 275 King Street), and the Hotel Calhoun (238-242 King Street). Bottom right: Looking southwest, possibly from St. Michael’s Church, toward James Island. Landmarks include the Fort Sumter House (1 King Street), Col. John Ashe House (32 South Battery), rear of First Scots Presbyterian Church (57 Meeting Street), Miles Brewton House (27 King Street), and the north elevation of the John E. Poyas House (69 Meeting Street).
Black-and-white photograph of the view north on Meeting Street toward Market Street, from the 135 Meeting (Gibbes Art Gallery) and 141 Meeting (Charleston Gas Light Co. Building) at left.
Black-and-white photograph of 207 Meeting Street, street (front) elevation before its demolition for the construction of Charleston Place (formerly known as Charleston Center). (At the time of this photograph, Its neighbor at 205 Meeting Street had already been demolished.)
Four B&W photographs of buildings on the east side of King Street: Top left: 220 King Street (Dumas); Top right: 218 King Street (Sharnoff's Uniform Shop); Bottom left (212-218): 212 King Street, 214 King Street (Fabric Center), 216 King Street, and edge of 218 King Street; Bottom right (208-214): 208 King Street (Gatlin Opticians), 212 King Street (La Scaltro Antiques), and 214 King Street (Fabric Center).
Black-and-white photograph of the view north on Meeting Street toward Market Street, from the parking lot of the White Horse Inn. The Golden Eagle Motor Inn next door is also in view.
Black-and-white photograph of the Meeting Street elevation (west elevation) of what would become the Indigo Inn. Signage atop protective construction walkway says "[illegible] Development by Limehouse Properties: Indigo Inn, 47 Luxurious Units Opening Nov. 1 to Accommodate the Most Discriminating." Building is located at the southeast corner of Meeting Street and Pinckney Street, with the current address 1 Maiden Lane.
Three B&W photographs of buildings on the west side of King Street, demolished for the construction of Majestic Square: Top left: 223 King Street (Ocean Grill); Top right: 221 King Street (photograph is missing); Bottom left (219-223): 219 King Street (Rice Bros.), 221 King Street, and 223 King Street (Ocean Grill); Bottom right (217-219): 217 King Street and 219 King Street (Rice Bros.).
Black-and-white photograph of 219 Meeting Street (Mari Anne [restaurant]), 221 Meeting Street, street (front) elevation. Portions of adjacent buildings on either side, 217 Meeting Street (Wolper Shoe Co.) and 223 Meeting Street (Clair's Lucky Dollar Grocery Store) also in view.
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