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1. 167-169 East Bay Street (Roper-Melchers Building) - 1980s

   Color photograph of 167-169 East Bay Street, front (east) elevation, taken from a parking lot across the street. Also shows Vendue Range where it intersects with East Bay Street.

   Record Type: Photo

   
2. 167-169 East Bay Street (Roper-Melchers Building) - ca. 1900

   Photographic reprint of ca.1900 century photograph of the Melchers & Company Whole Sale Grocers building (167-169 East Bay Street) showing the front (east) elevation and the southeast corner of the building. Also shows the street corner (East Bay and Queen Streets). Barrels are laid out on the sidewalk in front of the building and some individuals are standing near the entrances. Original source not indicated.

   Record Type: Photo

   
3. 167-169 East Bay Street (Roper-Melchers Building) - ca. 1996

   Four B&W photographs of the Roper-Melchers Building (167-169 East Bay Street): a-c: Front (west) elevation showing the southwest corner of the building from slightly different orientations, and the southwest corner of East Bay Street and Vendue Range. The street signs for the corner of East Bay and Vendue is in the foreground of photos B and C. d: Front (west) elevation. Photos B and C have not been scanned.

   Record Type: Photo

   
4. 167-169 East Bay Street (Roper-Melchers Building) After Rehabilitation - 2001

   Color photographs of 167 East Bay Street taken after the rehabilitation of the building. Both exterior and interior shots. Dated April a: Forty-three photographs, dated April 2001, each with descriptive labels affixed to the back. b: 35mm negatives. (Three sleeves.) Photographs taken in support of a Part 3 certification application.

   Record Type: Photo

   
5. 167-169 East Bay Street (Roper-Melchers Building) Before Rehabilitation - 1999-2000

   Thirty-five color photographs of 167 East Bay Street prior to rehabilitation. Includes views of the exterior, interior, and details. Photographs submitted in support of Part I certification application. Descriptive labels affixed to back of photographs.

   Record Type: Photo

   
6. Drawing, Architectural - Proposed Improvements to Corner East Bay & Queen Street known as 167 East Bay Street.

   Title of drawing: Proposed Improvements to Corner East Bay & Queen Street known as 167 East Bay Street. Date of drawing: 2/2/1971 Name of creator(s): Don Couch Corp., Chas HGTS, S.C. Elevation. Drawing includes alteration notes and paint samples.

   Record Type: Archive

   
7. Property File - 167-169 East Bay Street (Roper-Melchers Building)

   Constructed 1834-37; altered 1890s; rehabilitated 1985. Thomas Roper left this site to his son Robert William, with the stipulation that if he died "without issue," then the property was to be devised to the South Carolina Medical Society. Originally constructed by the younger Roper as a 3-story double tenement, the building was reduced to 2 stories. Owned by the Medical Society for decades, the property was refaced with Italianate style doubl...

   Record Type: Archive