Slide Title

Charleston: Downtown, The Fort Sumter Hotel

Photographer/Creator

Chet Smolski, Rhode Island College
G. Lloyd Preacher

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Date

Winter 1-1978

Description

This aerial photograph of downtown Charleston shows the city’s low rise skyline along the Charleston Harbor. At the top center of the photograph is the Fort Sumter Hotel, a seven story structure that towers over the residential surroundings. Designed by G. Lloyd Preacher in the Mediterranean mode, the Fort Sumter Hotel was built in the 1920s and was advertised as the only luxury hotel on the peninsula. Many notable figures have stayed here, including John Kennedy during the Second World War. Today the hotel has been converted into residential property.

Notes

http://www.classiccharlestoncondos.com/sc/Sumter_House.html

(accessed 30 Nov 2011)

http://www.glasssteelandstone.com/BuildingDetail/3441.php

(accessed 30 Nov 2011)

http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1072

(accessed 30 Nov 2011)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._Lloyd_Preacher

(accessed 30 Nov 2011)

Creator 1 Role

Photographer

Creator 2 Dates

1882-1972

Creator 2 Role

Architect

Subject Headings

Aerial photography -- South Carolina -- Charleston; Charleston, S.C. -- Aerial photographs; Aerial photography in city planning -- South Carolina -- Charleston;

Country Name

United States of America

Region Name

South Carolina

City Name

Charleston

Street Address

1 King St

Recommended Citation

Smolski, Chet and Preacher, G. Lloyd, "Charleston: Downtown, The Fort Sumter Hotel" (1978). Browse All. 791.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/791