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Photography Collection

647 East Bay Street: Destroyed December 1957

Description

Two B&W photographs of 647 East Bay Street just prior to its complete demolition:

a: Southeast corner of the house with all three stories still intact. Photograph by Historic Charleston Foundation. Captioned on back "Upper East Bay (destroyed December 1957)."

b: Same view as above, with only the first story remaining. Colonial Construction Co. sign rests at the entry to the building. Photograph by Louis Schwartz.

Item Details

Object ID: EBAY.647.1a-b
Creator: Schwartz, Louis, 1915-1993
Date: 1957
Subjects:
Historic Buildings--South Carolina--Charleston
Lost Architecture--South Carolina--Charleston