City Directories and History: GEORGE COOK STUDIO BUILDING
Constructed circa 1840; rehabilitated 1995
“This front-facing Classical Revival style building, with arched windows at the ends of the front facade and in the center, served as the studio for Charleston’s most prominent mid-nineteenth-century photographer, George Cook. His photographs of Charleston following the earthquake of 1886 remain the best documentation of that natural disaster. Cook later moved to Richmond, Virginia, and expanded his photography business. Once covered over with curtain wall facades, the building has recently been rehabilitated.”
Information from: The Buildings of Charleston – J.H. Poston for the Historic Charleston Foundation, 1997]
The historic location of Anderson’s Framing Shop
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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