Search

Search Constraints

Start Over You searched for: Collection 1938 Tornado Photograph Collection ✖Remove constraint Collection: 1938 Tornado Photograph Collection Contributing Institution Historic Charleston Foundation ✖Remove constraint Contributing Institution: Historic Charleston Foundation Date Range (beta) 1938 ✖Remove constraint Date Range (beta): 1938 Subject (Topic) Church buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, Lost architecture--South Carolina--Charleston, African American churches--South Carolina--Charleston, Tornado damage--South Carolina--Charleston ✖Remove constraint Subject (Topic): Church buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, Lost architecture--South Carolina--Charleston, African American churches--South Carolina--Charleston, Tornado damage--South Carolina--Charleston

Search Results

1. Wreckage of Calvary Baptist Church After the 1938 Tornado

Wreckage of Calvary Baptist Church After the 1938 Tornado
Date:
1938
Description:
Photograph of the wreckage of the Calvary Baptist Church, an African-American church demolished by the tornado of September 29, 1938. Located at the corner of Sumter Street and Ashley Avenue; address may have been 387 Sumter Street. Handwritten on back of photo: "Old Negro church on Sumter Street, corner of Ashley Avenue. This was done by second tornado that hit 2 miles from the other one. Sept. 29, 1938."

Limit your search

  • Church buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, Lost architecture--South Carolina--Charleston, African American churches--South Carolina--Charleston, Tornado damage--South Carolina--Charleston✖[remove]1