The Yorkville Enquirer of Nov. 6, 1889 reported – “The Firm of Klinck Wickenburg and Co., engaged in the grocery business for fifty years has failed.”
City Directories and History: JOHN KLINCK HOUSE
Constructed 1872; restored 1996 – John Henry Devereux, architect
“The owner of the grocery at the northeast corner of Broad and Church Streets, (Klinck, Wickenberg, and Company Grocers) constructed this house in 1872 with the assistance of the architect John Henry Devereux. As Klinck’s business expanded, he obviously desired to move out of his old- fashioned residence at 116 Church Street and retire to this area where other German families were rebuilding on lots burned out in the fire of 1861. Klinck’s two-story house reflects a mixture of period romantic styles including a two-story Gothic piazza with quatrefoil shaped columns, Italianate style bracketed cornice, and first-floor bay with semicircular headed windows.”
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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