Hotel Fort Sumter [1 King Street]

Description

Circa 1950s color photographic postcard showing an aerial view of the Fort Sumter Hotel and the southern part of the Charleston peninsula. Boat dock on the river in front of the hotel; Grace Memorial Bridge in background.

Printed on back: "Hotel Fort Sumter, Charleston, South Carolina. Charleston's only waterfront hotel, 200 outside rooms. Completely air conditioned. Rampart Room for your dining pleasure. spacious free parking areas, with motorists entrance. Located foot of King Street, at Murray Boulevard. Telephone: RAymond 3-4516."

Handwritten on back: "May 24. Stayed here. Had a room overlooking water." (Unmailed.)