211-213 King Street (Commercial Building), Charleston, Charleston County, SC. Surveyed as HABS SC,10-CHAR,187-, with a 243-word written history.
“It ha,s a masonry front approaching slceletal proportion,s, with interesting details; condition is fairly good.”
Written record, HABS SC,10-CHAR,187- survey. Machine-read text.
Surveyed by the federal HABS program as HABS SC,10-CHAR,187- · the record runs 243 words · one of 400 surveyed structures published for this county.
Source document Quoted word for word from HABS SC,10-CHAR,187-. Not written, edited or summarised by this site.
ing architectural character. It ha,s a masonry front approaching slceletal proportion,s, with interesting details; condition is fairly good. ARCHITECTURAL.INFORMATION The appearance is of thin masonry skeleton, small-size brick, five stories, six bays. ,The building faces eard;. First story: Openings are rectangular, plain--except the one at the north corner, vihich has two wooden Ionic half-columns carrying a molded transom bar. Second story: Jindows ext,~nd to floor, opening to an ornamc')ntal cast- iron balcony supported on a pair of cast-:tron bracket,s over each pier. Third, fourth, stories: Double-hung sash, six-over-six-lights, with vvaoden paneling below sills. WaJ.l treatment: Pilaster strips each bay, united at each floor level by a string course.
Window openings are fram(od by these elements: heads are flat-arched. Spanning between pilaster strips over each opening above the first story) is a molded hood--apparently ,stucco) imitating a stone lintel. Parapet: A. parapet course contains conventional cast-iron grilles-- anthemion mot:Lf--in blank panels. Prepar ed by Harley J. McKee, Architect National Park Service .Septeniber
| 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. |
The federal surveyors worked through Charleston building by building. These are the other structures they measured and filed a report on, longest report first.
| Sheet | Structure | Survey | Report |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charleston County Jail | HABS SC,10-CHAR,348- | 24,136 words | |
| William Enston Home | HABS SC,10-CHAR,354- | 17,460 words | |
| Bank of the United States | HABS SC,10-CHAR,108- | 10,224 words | |
| 98 Broad Street | HABS 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 Synagogue | HABS SC,10-CHAR,41- | 6,236 words | |
| Gibbes Tenement | HABS SC,10-CHAR,353- | 3,872 words | |
| William Enston Home | HABS SC,10-CHAR,354A- | 3,773 words | |
| William Enston Home | HABS SC,10-CHAR,354C- | 3,333 words | |
| William Blacklock House | HABS SC,10-CHAR,130- | 3,268 words | |
| Robinson-Aiken House | HABS SC,10-CHAR,177- | 3,107 words | |
| Moses C. Levy House | HABS SC,10-CHAR,33- | 2,923 words | |
| Christopher Belser House | HABS SC,10-CHAR,155- | 2,517 words | |
| Alexander Robert Chisholm House | HABS SC,10-CHAR,168- | 2,481 words | |
| Harvey-Lining House & Pharmacy | HABS SC,10-CHAR,127- | 2,252 words | |
| William Enston Home | HABS SC,10-CHAR,354B- | 2,233 words | |
| Farmers' & Exchange Bank | HABS SC,10-CHAR,176- | 2,211 words | |
| Glebe House | HABS SC,10-CHAR,169- | 2,089 words | |
| Westminster Presbyterian Church | HABS SC,10-CHAR,181- | 2,054 words | |
| Colonel Issac Motte House | HABS SC,10-CHAR,171- | 1,915 words | |
| William Enston Home | HABS SC,10-CHAR,354D- | 1,840 words | |
| 54 Queen Street (House) | HABS SC,10-CHAR,180- | 1,775 words | |
| William Pinckney Shingler House | HABS SC,10-CHAR,184- | 1,607 words |
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