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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.
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Creator 1 Role
Photographer
Creator 2 Dates
1882-1972
Creator 2 Role
Architect
Recommended Citation
Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, MSS-0041, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.
Recommended Citation
Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, MSS-0041, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.
Keywords
downtown, aerial, Charleston, South Carolina
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)