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Alexander Shirras House, 271 Meeting Street, Charleston

Alexander Shirras House, 271 Meeting Street, Charleston, Charleston County, SC. Surveyed as HABS SC,10-CHAR,12-, with a 36-word written history.

From the record

“Alexander Shirras House, 271 Meeting Street, Charleston, Charleston County, SC”

Survey record header. Machine-read text.

Surveyed by the federal HABS program as HABS SC,10-CHAR,12- · the record runs 36 words · one of 400 surveyed structures published for this county.

Sources: the survey record at the Library of Congress

In context

Charleston, South Carolina The place record: every map, photograph and survey of this town.
Charleston County, South Carolina 199 topographic sheets across the county.
Library of Congress record The original filed report as the survey filed it.

Also surveyed in Charleston

24 of 398 records shown

The federal surveyors worked through Charleston building by building. These are the other structures they measured and filed a report on, longest report first.

SheetStructure SurveyReport
Charleston County JailHABS SC,10-CHAR,348-24,136 words
William Enston HomeHABS SC,10-CHAR,354-17,460 words
Bank of the United StatesHABS SC,10-CHAR,108-10,224 words
98 Broad StreetHABS SC,10-CHAR,345-9,680 words
90 Broad Street (Commercial Building)HABS SC,10-CHAR,344-9,502 words
8 Court House Square (House)HABS SC,10-CHAR,240-8,758 words
Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim SynagogueHABS SC,10-CHAR,41-6,236 words
Gibbes TenementHABS SC,10-CHAR,353-3,872 words
William Enston HomeHABS SC,10-CHAR,354A-3,773 words
William Enston HomeHABS SC,10-CHAR,354C-3,333 words
William Blacklock HouseHABS SC,10-CHAR,130-3,268 words
Robinson-Aiken HouseHABS SC,10-CHAR,177-3,107 words
Moses C. Levy HouseHABS SC,10-CHAR,33-2,923 words
Christopher Belser HouseHABS SC,10-CHAR,155-2,517 words
Alexander Robert Chisholm HouseHABS SC,10-CHAR,168-2,481 words
Harvey-Lining House & PharmacyHABS SC,10-CHAR,127-2,252 words
William Enston HomeHABS SC,10-CHAR,354B-2,233 words
Farmers' & Exchange BankHABS SC,10-CHAR,176-2,211 words
Glebe HouseHABS SC,10-CHAR,169-2,089 words
Westminster Presbyterian ChurchHABS SC,10-CHAR,181-2,054 words
Colonel Issac Motte HouseHABS SC,10-CHAR,171-1,915 words
William Enston HomeHABS SC,10-CHAR,354D-1,840 words
54 Queen Street (House)HABS SC,10-CHAR,180-1,775 words
William Pinckney Shingler HouseHABS SC,10-CHAR,184-1,607 words

Provenance

  • Written history. Quoted verbatim from HABS SC,10-CHAR,12-. United States federal work, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Text capture. Machine-read from the scanned typescript filed with the survey, so spelling and spacing follow the original page.
  • How this page is made. Documentary passages are quoted from the linked federal record; page labels and counts are clearly marked as site presentation or calculations.