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Object Type |
Book |
Title |
Historic Charleston [Guidebook] |
Author |
Unattributed |
Summary |
A guidebook featuring photographs of many Charleston buildings and other points of interest. Provides general background information in the captions. Begins with a brief overview of Charleston. Some photographs are included in this record. Features the "new" Citadel (front cover illustration); Pitt Statue; U.S. Custom House; French Coffee House [and Coates Row]; Bethel Methodist Episcopal Church***; Second Presbyterian Church; 14 Meeting; Charleston Library Society; 78 East Bay Street; East Bay Street from Tradd Street (west side); St. Michael's Church; Missroon House; 1 East Battery/5 East Battery; Hibernian Hall; Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church; views on Broad Street (east of Meeting) and 110 Broad Street; "new" Citadel/"old" Citadel (background of Horn Work); Lodge Gate (Manigault House); City Market; Powder Magazine; Church Street from Queen Street (St. Philip's and Huguenot churches); 78 Church Street; Pirate House on Church Street; 6 Gibbes Street gate; Miles Brewton House and coach house; tomb of John C. Calhoun; William Randolph Hall; old Charleston Museum; South Carolina Society Hall; Fireproof Building; Sword Gate; view east on South Battery/ Villa Margherita; Hampton Park; views of The Battery; KKBE Synagogue; Unitarian Church (German Artillery Hall in background); Medical College of the State of South Carolina* (main building and physiology-pharmacology building); aerial view of the "inside yacht route"; Ashley River Bridge; Charleston Country Club; 22 Alexander (now 80 Alexander); Marion Square/view west to King Street; City Hall; United States Courthouse and Post Office; chapel of Circular Church; two Lowcountry roads; Magnolia Gardens; 50 Broad Street; Old Exchange Building ("old Post Office"); views on Church Street from 69 Church and at "the bend"; Midddleton Place Gardens; aerial view of Charleston Navy Yard and the U.S.S. Hartford**** docked there; aerial view of Fort Sumter; Osceola's grave; St. Mary's Church; interior of Cathedral of St. John the Baptist; St. James Goose Creek church; The Oaks allee; aerial view of port terminals; aerial view of the Cooper River water front; Charleston Orphan House; Gibbes Memorial Art Building; St. Philip's Church; "waterfront activities"; old St. Andrew's Church; First Presbyterian Church; Citadel Square Baptist Church**; St. Matthew's German Lutheran Church; 47 East Bay iron gate; Runnymede on the Ashley; and Folly Beach. *Physiology-pharmacology building constructed in 1920 on the north edge of what was known as "the Quadrangle" on Mill Street. Main building was built in 1914 on Jonathan Lucas Street between Mill and Calhoun Streets, now the Hollings Cancer Center. **Also shows the house to the north which was demolished for the construction of the Rivers Federal Building. ***Also shows the adjacent Sunday school building that faced on Calhoun Street and was demolished later. ****USS Hartford was stationed in Charleston from 1912-1938. |
Call No. |
F279 .C43 H5 |
Pamphlet # |
P486 |
Publisher |
Walker, Evans & Cogswell |
Publication/Copyright Date |
ca. 1930 |
Subjects |
Charleston (S.C.)--Guidebooks Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston--Guidebooks Charleston (S.C.)--Buildings, structures, etc. |
Search Terms |
Tourist maps, tourist publications |
Notes |
See building identification emails on Media tab. Scans (300 dpi) made by Kevin Eberle of each photograph on HiRes037. (Need to be re-scanned and descreened.) |
Object ID # |
2019.010.1 |