Broad Street (Commercial Building)

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Description:

Black and white photograph of the general view north (front) elevation of the Read & Read building located at 37 Broad Street.

Originally built c. 1794, by wealthy merchant George Macaulay, the window and cantilevered cornices were not added until much later, c. 1870.

Photographer Charles N. Bayless, funded by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, photographed and recorded the Carolina Lowcountry between 1970 and 1988. The South Carolina Project took place between 1977 and 1979.