{"id":6503,"date":"2015-01-19T13:26:20","date_gmt":"2015-01-19T13:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rootsandrecall.com\/charleston\/?post_type=buildings&p=6503"},"modified":"2020-08-10T23:13:06","modified_gmt":"2020-08-10T23:13:06","slug":"141-meeting-street","status":"publish","type":"buildings","link":"https:\/\/www.rootsandrecall.com\/charleston\/buildings\/141-meeting-street\/","title":{"rendered":"141 Meeting Street"},"content":{"rendered":"

City Directories and History:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0CHARLESTON GAS LIGHT COMPANY –\u00a0Constructed 1876-78;\u00a0Edward Brickell White<\/span><\/a>, architect<\/p>\n

“Built and designed for the Charleston Gas Light Company, this building uses Palladian style architectural elements manufactured in cast-iron. The three-bay, stuccoed, masonry facade boasts an engaged front portico with Tuscan columns supporting a balustraded second tier with Corinthian columns and a surmounting modillioned pediment; the upper windows feature two flanking pediment hoods and a semicircular one, also in iron. The Charleston Gas Light Company, incorporated in 1846, began illuminating the city streets by gas two years after its establishment. Charleston plats show that the original gas plant stood on the west side of Church Street, between Cumberland and Market Streets. The iron gates in front of the present structure initially stood at the former site. The Gas Light Company\u2019s suc-cessor, South Carolina Electric and Gas Company, maintains local offices in the building.”\"DSC_0061\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Information from: The Buildings of Charleston<\/em> – J.H. Poston for the Historic Charleston Foundation, 1997<\/p>\n

Other sources of interest: Charleston Tax Payers of Charleston<\/a><\/span>, SC in 1860-61 and the Dwelling Houses of Charleston<\/a><\/span> by Alice R.H. Smith – 1917 \u00a0The HCF may also have additional data at: Past Perfect<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>and further research can be uncovered at: Charleston 1861 Census Schedule<\/a>\u00a0or<\/span>\u00a0The Charleston City Guide of 1872<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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City Directories and History:\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0CHARLESTON GAS LIGHT COMPANY –\u00a0Constructed 1876-78;\u00a0Edward Brickell White, architect “Built and designed for the Charleston Gas Light Company, this building uses Palladian style architectural elements manufactured in cast-iron. The three-bay, stuccoed, masonry facade boasts an engaged front portico with Tuscan columns supporting a balustraded second tier with Corinthian columns and a… <\/p>\n

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