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  1. Map - Zoning Grid Set Maps

    88 official zoning maps prepared by the Dept. of Planning and Urban Development for the city of Charleston. Area covers Charleston, West Ashley, James Island and John's Island. Collection originally sewn together.

    Record Type: Archive

  2. Scrapbook - Charleston Newspaper Article Scrapbook

    Newspaper articles mostly about Lowcountry plantations and sites, including many "Do You Know Your Lowcountry" and some "Do You Know Your Peedee" articles, most with photographs. Presumably, this scrapbook was created and maintained by the donor or a family member of the donor. Front cover is decoratively embossed and has a gold-colored design; the words "scrap book" are also embossed on the cover. The creator did not retain or otherwise document...

    Record Type: Archive

  3. Map - Map of Charleston, South Carolina, America's Most Historic City, Showing Historic Landmarks and Key to Street and Suburban Locations

    Side A: Map of the Charleston peninsula, street index, route for "The Garden Club Walk" [a/k/a "Gateway Walk"], and a few advertisements for local businesses and attractions including the Old Slave Mart Museum. Side B: Map of Charleston and its suburbs with index . Also has detailed map entitled "The Historic Heart of Charleston Locating Many Interesting and Historic Places" featuring points of interest (including the approximate location of t...

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  4. Property File - 57 Meeting Street (First Scots Presbyterian Church)

    Constructed ca. 1814; renovated 1887, 1945, 1987. Perhaps inspired by the architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe's Baltimore Cathedral or designs by Robert Adam for the Church at Mistley in Essex, the present structure replaced an earlier church dating to 1760s. An even earlier building stood to the west of the current site. The pedimented portico supported by Tuscan columns is flanked by twin towers with gilded spheres and ironwork finials. First Scot...

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    First Scots Presbyterian Church, ca. 1950s
  5. Print, Photographic - Cook's Earthquake Views of Charleston and Vicinity

    Photographs and photocopies of photos showing destruction caused by the 1886 earthquake in Charleston, SC. The series contains over 250 views including also Summerville, Dorchester, Ten Mile Hill, and Goose Creek, S.C. This particular collection includes 45 of the 250 views (some need identification): North side, Market Street (Charleston Port Society) Corner, Tradd and Friend [Tradd and Legare] Church Interior Residence of Col. Inglesby...

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  6. Photograph - National Archives Photographs

    Photographs showing destruction caused by the 1886 earthquake in Charleston, SC. Includes photos of St. John's Lutheran Church, the First Scots Church cemetery, and the City Almshouse (63 Columbus).

    Record Type: Archive

  7. Documents - Newspaper Articles, 1886 Earthquake

    Contains: "Lesson Learned from the Charleston Earthquake: How the Southern City was Rebuilt Finer than Ever within Four Years." The Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco published the text of this article from the May 6, 1906 edition of the San Francisco Chronicle. Written by Paul Pinckney, a boy during the earthquake, to help the people of San Francisco, which had just suffered a great and destructive fire. Pinckney wrote the article...

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  8. Documents - The South Carolina Historic Landscape Initiative Rice Hope Plantation Survey

    Survey of Rice Hope Plantation conducted as part of the statewide effort that called the South Carolina Landscape Initiative, directed at documenting historic South Carolina gardens. Three-ring binder containing the completed survey form; drawings of the terrace walkway and beds A-D; CD containing photographs; copy of the SC Statewide Survey Site Form (4/18/89); excerpt from "Historic Ramblin's Through Berkeley"; "The Proud History of Rice H...

    Record Type: Archive

  9. Letter - Letter to ABR from Emma Taber

    Letter to Emma Taber from ABR [side 1] Columbia, Jan'y 4, 1866 I received your note, Dear Burnet relating to the servant woman. Its time and spirit phased me much, for I discovered thrice the same con_____(?) freedom and trust which marked our relations and mutual inter- _______ in those halcyon days of youth and truth and freshness - before we were moved (?) out of our Charleston homes. I hope truly, that for 'auld lang syne's...

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  10. Plan, Landscape (Garden) - Terrace Garden for Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Lewis, 8 Bedon's Alley

    Terrace Garden for Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Lewis, 8 Bedon's Alley (photocopy) Client: Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Lewis Name of property: Adam Tunno's Outbuilding Address of property: 8 Bedon's Alley, Charleston Date(s) of drawing: 1/22/1957; additions 1/18/1957, 2/25/1957 Photocopy of original.

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  11. Map - City of Charleston-Exhibit 3

    Peninsula map and surrounding areas including legend for residential districts, business districts, highway districts and industrial districts. Legend is glued to map. 3 of 3 maps that had been stapled together as an Exhibit (see related tab); purpose/use of Exhibit not indicated Created by Candeub, Fleissig and Associates.

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  12. Letter - Letter to ABR from ?

    Name of sender illegible. Sender writes from Huntsville, Alabama. Transcription: Huntsville, Ala., June 4th 1874. Dear Burnet, Barnie's third year at Lexington closes with this month and I am unable, now that I am out of business, to keep him there. He proposes to be an engineer and I must without delay get him a position to earn his living. I think the best deportment of civil engineering is architecture, and wish to get him with t...

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  13. Map - Peninsula City Study

    Peninsula City Study Map-Area titled "Section A" (2 copies) Contains legend with rating criteria. Created by City Planning and Architectural Associates

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  14. Plan, Landscape (Garden) - Construction Plan of Garden #1 for Paving, Curbs, Garden Steps, Garden Entrance and Interior of Sun Room [23 Meeting Street]

    Construction Plan of Garden #1 for Paving, Curbs, Garden Steps, Garden Entrance and Interior of Sun Room (photocopy) Client: Mr. and Mrs. James M. Hagood Address of property: 23 Meeting Street, Charleston Date(s) of drawing: 1/20/1970, additions 1/22/1970, 3/12/1970, 3/26/1970, 4/20/1970

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  15. Plan, Landscape (Garden) - Plan #2 for Garden Pool, Sun Dial Base, Grading, Sun Room Steps and Irrigation [23 Meeting Street]

    Plan #2 for Garden Pool, Sun Dial Base, Grading, Sun Room Steps and Irrigation (photocopy) Client: Mr. and Mrs. James M. Hagood Address of property: 23 Meeting Street, Charleston Date(s) of drawing: 2/2/1970, 3/12/1970, 5/3/1970, 5/22/1970

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