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Photography Collection

Baptist Goodwill Center (2 Amherst Street / Presqu’ile)

Description

Fifteen B&W photographs of 2 Amherst Street (Presqu’ile), most stamped Louis Schwartz [photographer].

a: Street (south) elevation. "Baptist Good Will Center Welcome" sign in center front of property. Parked car in foreground. Grace Memorial Bridge/Cooper River Bridge in distance.

b: Street elevation. View showing the southeast corner and the street Corner of (Amherst and East Bay). "Baptist Goodwill Center Welcome" hangs in front from second floor piazza.

c-d: Unidentified, unfurnished room of 2 Amherst Street, showing fireplace, mantel, doors, and windows.

e-f: Unidentified, unfurnished room of 2 Amherst Street, unidentified, unfurnished interior room of 2 Amherst Street. Photo E features a fireplace (with coal grate insert) and mantel in foreground and the staircase seen through an open door.

g-h: Views of the spiral staircase. Photo G features the view looking down from the attic, and is stamped Louis Schwartz. Photo H features a a section of the staircase from the ground floor.

i-k: Unidentified, unfurnished room. Photo J features the fireplace, door, and moldings. Photo K features the fireplace and mantel. Photos I and J stamped Louis Schwartz.

l-n: Photo L features an unidentified, unfurnished room stripped to the laths. Photo M features a detail of the fireplace and mantel. Photo M shows detail of fireplace, mantel, door, molding, and lath work. Photographs stamped Louis Schwartz.

o: Window detail. Stamped Louis Schwartz.

Item Details

Object ID: AMHERST.002.004a-o
Creator: Schwartz, Louis, 1915-1993
Date: 1958
Subjects:
Doors
Fireplaces
Historic Buildings--South Carolina--Charleston
Mantels
Rooms
Staircases
Windows