The Charleston Directory of 1855 gives the location of Lucas and Strohecker at the Sign of the Golden Anvil at 273 King Street, nearly opposite the Merchant’s Hotel. The firm was composed of J. Jonathan Lucas and John P. Strohecker who were importers and dealers in Foreign and Domestic Hardware, Cutlery, Guns, etc. (Information from: Names in South Carolina by C.H. Neuffer, Published by the S.C. Dept. of English, USC)
City Directories and History: PARISH-POINCIGNON BUILDING
Constructed circa 1840; rehabilitated 1987-88
“Long considered to be one of Charleston’s most commanding corner commercial structures, this building was begun as early as the 1830s when it was owned by Daniel Parish and stood as a three-story, square-ended store and dwelling. Owned in the 1850s by the Charleston real estate magnate Etienne Poincignon, the building passed through his descendants, the McNulty and the Storen families, until the 1980s. For much of the late-nineteenth century the property was rented to the Hirsch Israel
Company, a clothing store. This company renovated the building with a multistory central arch and a domed corner tower. The tower was later removed and the arch was infilled, but evidence of the pressed-metal Italianate cornice and the elaborate window lintels supported by console brackets partially survives. The lintels and certain other features were restored in the late-1980s.”
Information from: The Buildings of Charleston – J.H. Poston for the Historic Charleston Foundation, 1997
Other sources of interest: Charleston Tax Payers of Charleston, SC in 1860-61 and the Dwelling Houses of Charleston by Alice R.H. Smith – 1917 The HCF may also have additional data at: Past Perfect and further research can be uncovered at: Charleston 1861 Census Schedule or The Charleston City Guide of 1872
The Rock Hill Record reported on May 10, 1904 – “The sale of the DeKalb Cotton Mills of Camden, S.C. on April 26. It was purchased by Morris Israel of Charleston, S.C. for $155,000. Additional looms and machinery will be added.”
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