191 King Street (Commercial Building), Charleston, Charleston County, SC. Surveyed as HABS SC,10-CHAR,186-, with a 239-word written history.
“ARCHITECTURAL INFORMATION A commercial front of a design common in northern cities but unique In Charleston, with granite colonnettes at the first story.”
Written record, HABS SC,10-CHAR,186- survey. Machine-read text.
Surveyed by the federal HABS program as HABS SC,10-CHAR,186- · the record runs 239 words · one of 400 surveyed structures published for this county.
Source document Quoted word for word from HABS SC,10-CHAR,186-. Not written, edited or summarised by this site.
architectural character; built c. ARCHITECTURAL INFORMATION A commercial front of a design common in northern cities but unique In Charleston, with granite colonnettes at the first story. Condition of lower story is good; upper stories, fair. Made of brick and granite, it has three stories, 9 hays wide, and a 50' frontage; faces east. First story: Compound granite colonnettes, simple (Gothic) bell capitals, resting on plinth block base, carry a granite lintel with label-mold cornice. Lower part of seven openings is of granite, paneled (the other two are wood., paneled similarly). Second and third stories; Rectangular windows, v/ith granite sills and lintels, set in brick walls. Small iron (ventilating) panels above third story windows; four-over-four double-hung sash.
Cornice: A large cove crowned by a cymatium this appears to be cast iron. Portions are rusting. Prepared by Harley J. McKee, Architect National Park Service September
| 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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