Purvis Drugs, pharmacy at 42.5 Morris Street, Walter Boags, 1951, courtesy of the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture. CHARLESTON, S.C. For nearly 200 years, Morris Street in downtown Charleston was more than an address. In the 1850s, it was where newly emancipated African Americans began their lives as free people. It […]
Read column here In some ways, King Street has always had a Target on it. Residents, business owners, preservationists and city officials have long held very specific — and often conflicting — ideas about Charleston’s premier shopping district. They bicker about the mix of stores, parking, the proliferation of bars and hotels … even the Christmas tree […]
View original Post and Courier article here CAINHOY — This place along the Wando River once was remote. Millennia past, it was inhabited by native tribes. In the late 1600s, it was colonized by Europeans. In the early 1700s, Presbyterians called this area home and established their Dissenter Church. The McDowell Cemetery, located on […]
View Original CHStoday article here Robert F. Morrison’s Esso Station at 179 Coming Street, circa 1938. | Photos courtesy of Preservation Society of Charleston and Lowcountry Digital History Initiative The Preservation Society of Charleston has launched the Morris Street Business District Project — a digital exhibitionthat highlights the rich and diverse history of Morris Street […]
View original ABC News 4 clip here The City of Charleston wants the public’s feedback on its next citywide comprehensive plan. Leaders said it’s the second week of a five-week engagement period where the public can weigh in. Beginning in April, people can go to the Gaillard Center in downtown Charleston every Friday from 9 […]
View the original CHStoday article here Double Oak Avenue | Photo via Preservation Society of Charleston Enter: Jehossee Island — an uninhabited, unoccupied + undisturbed former rice plantation located on the Edisto River. The area has potential to contribute to the modern understanding of pre-Civil War rice cultivation in the Lowcountry. The Preservation Society of […]