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H. A. DeCosta, Jr. papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1084
Abstract
Herbert A. DeCosta, Jr. (1923-2008) was a renowned African American architect and contractor based in Charleston, South Carolina. While he served as president of the H. A. DeCosta Company, the company worked on the construction and renovations of numerous churches, apartment complexes, schools, and residences, including some of the most architecturally significant houses in Charleston. The DeCosta Company also did much of the renovation and preservation work for Historic Charleston...
Dates:
1854-2009
St. Mark's Episcopal Church records
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1121
Abstract
St. Mark's Episcopal Church was organized as an independent parish in 1865 by a group of prominent black Episcopalians who were without a place to worship- since most of the white Episcopalian churches were evacuated in Charleston as a result of the city's occupation by Union Forces. The church's first service was held on Easter Sunday, April 16, 1865. The congregation continued to grow and in 1870 a lot at the corner of Warren and Thomas Streets in historic Radcliffeborough was purchased...
Dates:
1862-2006
Henry T. Zacharias ledgers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0056
Collection Overview
Collection consists of two indexed ledgers (1905-1908; 1909-1910) containing accounts with numerous businesses, organizations, and individuals for construction and general contracting. Accounts represent many notable buildings of Charleston, South Carolina, among them the Confederate Home and College, the Medical University of South Carolina, St. Andrew's Lutheran Church, St. Philip's Church, and a number of architecturally significant houses.
Dates:
1905-1910
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- DeCosta, Herbert A., Sr., 1894-1960 2
- H. A. DeCosta Company 2
- St. Mark's Protestant Episcopal Church (Charleston, S.C.) 2
- Caffey family 1
- Confederate Home and College (Charleston, S.C.) 1
- Craft family 1
- Craft, Ellen 1
- Craft, William 1
- Crump family 1
- DeCosta family 1
- DeCosta, Emily, 1923-2011 1
- DeCosta, Herbert A., Jr., 1923-2008 1
- HADCO Realty Company 1
- Higgins family 1
- Hunt, Eugene C. 1
- Kinlaw family 1
- Medical University of South Carolina 1
- Midway Company, Inc. 1
- Porter, Anthony Toomer, 1828-1902 1
- Sauter family 1
- Spencer family 1
- St. Andrew's Lutheran Church (Charleston, S.C.) 1
- St. Philip's Church (Charleston, S.C.) 1
- Zacharias, Henry T., -approximately 1915 1 + ∧ less
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