Aerial View of St. Philip Street Pre-1970s

Aerial View of St. Philip Street Pre-1970s
About half of the street’s historic structures were gone by the time this photo was taken. At the corner of Calhoun and St. Philip, 70 St. Philip was now part of a parking lot, where the Brith Sholom Synagogue (68 St. Philip) and a house at 66 had also stood. The Daughters of Israel Hall is no longer at 64 St. Philip, but 62 St Philip St. and three tenement houses on McBride Lane are still standing, next to the structure at 58 St. Philip, first the Jewish Community Center and then College Preparatory School. The structures on 56 and 54 St. Philip are gone, as are “Miss Kelly’s School” (Charleston Female Seminary) at 50 and the home of Henrietta Kelly’s family at 52. Still standing are 48, 46, 44, 42, and 40, plus 58 George St. on the corner. Of these structures, only 44 St. Philip and 58 George St. remained after 1974. Courtesy of College of Charleston Libraries, Special Collections.
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