Since maps are being discussed: The Historic Charleston Foundation has very reasonably priced reproductions of city maps from several time periods including the 1704 Crisp map. The Charleston Museum gift shop has a very cheap oversize book (I think the title is Birth of a City) which includes several city maps including one which overlays the very early city streets of the "Grand Modell" and a modern street map. It is striking how much of the modern peninsula has been filled in and streets extended. That particular map has been invaluable to me in matching up the earliest deed records with the present city. A book titled This is Charleston (first printed 1944) is an architectural survey with photos and addresses of buildings, some now destroyed. In the back are several maps: one showing original creeks and marshes, one of a 1725 platt and early plantation lines, one outlining historic suburbs, one showing fortifications and marshes, another showing 19th century fires. Each of these are imposed on a modern map, although the scale is small. Happy Hunting, Ken Daniell Patricia Kruger wrote: > A current map of Charleston will probably show you 75-80 % of the same > streets. If you are talking peninsula Charleston, a few have been added in > the early 1900s that would be primarily fill (e.g. Murray Boulevard), but > most of the others remain the same. Some street names changed, but I think > it was prior to 1850. An early map (i.e. 1788) is available at the Historic > Charleston Foundation shop (and probably other museum shops in the city for > about 5-10 dollars. It is a reproduction of a 1788 London fire company map > and has been invaluable to me in looking at street names that changed in the > interim (e.g Union St. became State Street today). Depending on the streets > you are looking for, it might or might not help you. I'd start with a > current (1990s) map for the late 1800s addresses you are seeking and if you > can't find the streets there, then check one such as this older one. > > There are also Sanborn fire insurance maps from the early 1900s (and > possibly late 1800s), that I know are available at the SC Historical > Society, but are reference only. Be aware as you are searching that house > numbers have changed several times in Charleston and there is no master > list, so # 22 Hasell Street in 1860, for example, if not likely to be # 22 > Hasell Street today. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <CJK1043@aol.com> > To: <SCCHARLE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 9:17 AM > Subject: Re: [SCCHARLE] CHARLESTON CITY Maps > > > Can any one tell me how I might be able to get a early Charleston map, > > showing the Streets? After searching City Directories, I would like to be > > able to see how close certain streets were to each other and ect. I would > > like to have a copy of a map for Charleston Streets , around 1850 -1890 . > > > > > > ==== SCCHARLE Mailing List ==== > > Lots of holdings on Charleston County Families > > South Carolina Historical Society > > http://www.schistory.org > > > > ==== SCCHARLE Mailing List ==== > Lots of holdings on Charleston County Families > South Carolina Historical Society > http://www.schistory.org