City Directories and History: OLD NEWS AND COURIER (JACOBSON) BUILDING
Constructed circa i8iy; remodeled with new facade circa 1840
“The site of several banks between 1817 and 1861, this structure became the office of the newly merged newspapers The News and Courier and served as their offices until 1902. The lower portion of the Greek Revival facade of this building still survives, while the granite entablature was destroyed in the earthquake of 1886. The engaged pedimented portico with laurel wreath frieze and the side pilasters are of granite, while the rest of the building is a severe stuccoed brick.”
Information from: The Buildings of Charleston – J.H. Poston for the Historic Charleston Foundation, 1997
Other sources: Charleston Tax Payers of Charleston, SC in 1860-61, Dwelling Houses of Charleston by Alice R.H. Smith – 1917, Charleston 1861 Census Schedule, and a 1872 Bird’s Eye View of Charleston, S.C. The Hist. Charleston Foundation may also have additional data at: Past Perfect
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