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Made with high quality Tin sign , size 8×12 in. with 4 predrilled small holes on the corns
Location: 200 block of Meeting Street, downtown Charleston.
Built: 1838, designed in Greek Revival style.
Architecture:
A massive, elegant three-story building with a grand colonnade of Corinthian columns across its façade.
Considered one of the most impressive antebellum hotels in the South.
Reputation:
Known as the “finest hotel in the South” before the Civil War.
A social hub for Charleston’s elite and a key stop for visitors traveling by rail or ship.
Civil War Era: Served Confederate officials and officers during the war.
Late 19th Century: Continued to function as a premier hotel, but Charleston’s post-war economic struggles reduced its prominence.
Demolition: Despite its architectural and historic significance, the Charleston Hotel was demolished in 1960, during an era when preservation was not yet prioritized.
The site is now occupied by modern commercial buildings along Meeting Street.
The Charleston Hotel is remembered through historic photographs and preservation accounts as a lost landmark of the city.
Made with high quality Tin sign , size 8×12 in. with 4 predrilled small holes on the corns
Location: 200 block of Meeting Street, downtown Charleston.
Built: 1838, designed in Greek Revival style.
Architecture:
A massive, elegant three-story building with a grand colonnade of Corinthian columns across its façade.
Considered one of the most impressive antebellum hotels in the South.
Reputation:
Known as the “finest hotel in the South” before the Civil War.
A social hub for Charleston’s elite and a key stop for visitors traveling by rail or ship.
Civil War Era: Served Confederate officials and officers during the war.
Late 19th Century: Continued to function as a premier hotel, but Charleston’s post-war economic struggles reduced its prominence.
Demolition: Despite its architectural and historic significance, the Charleston Hotel was demolished in 1960, during an era when preservation was not yet prioritized.
The site is now occupied by modern commercial buildings along Meeting Street.
The Charleston Hotel is remembered through historic photographs and preservation accounts as a lost landmark of the city.
