City Directories and History: PRINTER’S ROW (COGSWELL BUILDING) Constructed circa 1909; rehabilitated as condominiums 1987,
Henry Oliver, contractor
“A series of buildings formerly occupying this site, including a double tenement of four stories, another four-story structure, and a corner two-story building, were damaged in the earthquake of 1886. By the late-nineteenth century these had been used as a hotel, a restaurant, a billiard parlor, and upper-floor residences. Walker, Evans, and Cogswell, engravers and stationers in the offices next door at 117 East Bay Street and around the block at 3 Broad Street, built this as their new printing plant by 1909.”
Information from: The Buildings of Charleston – J.H. Poston for the Historic Charleston Foundation, 1997
Note that in 1882, L.R. Murphy was promoting his Old Restaurant at this location including the sale of ice cream cakes.
Also see the Stereoscopic View of Charleston in ca. 1860’s.
Also see Evans, Walker and Cogswell at #3 Broad Street.
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
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