100 Meeting Street, b

staats_086.jpeg

Dublin Core

Title

100 Meeting Street, b

Date

c. 1956-1957
11/22/2016 (date digital)

Description

Fireproof Building
Back of photograph: "(c) Henry P. Staats / Fireproof Bldg. / Charleston / 100 Meeting St." As part of Charleston’s new square plan, Architect Robert Mills was commissioned to design a state office building with fireproof records storage for the city. Using only brick, brownstone and stucco as building materials, with a stone groin and barrel vaults, as well as a central skylight and cast-iron windows, no combustible materials were included in the building’s fabric. The construction supervisor, John Spidle, altered Mills’ drawings, including roughcast stucco columns in lieu of fluted, eliminated the belt course, and exchanged quoins for horizontal channeling, and modified the cornice and third-story window openings. Following its use as the county property record office and tax offices, the building was leased to the South Carolina Historical Society in 1955, becoming the headquarters of the society in 1968.
visible image 12 x 12 cm
Donated to CLS by Henry P. Staats.

Rights

This item is in copyright but can be used for educational purposes. Please contact Charleston Library Society for more information for any use not qualifying as educational use.

Format

image/jpeg

Type

StillImage

Source

Hinson Audio/Visual Collection

Identifier

chls:431
staats_086

Citation

Staats, Henry P., “100 Meeting Street, b,” Charleston Library Society Digital Collections, accessed November 4, 2024, https://charlestonlibrarysociety.omeka.net/items/show/1135.