Charles Robert Valk House

Description:

Black and white photograph of the west side of the Charles Robert Valk House located at 125 Broad Street.

Charles Robert Valk began building this Victorian house when the Earthquake of 1886 occurred, destroying it. Starting over, he decided to construct his house from Stoney Landing yellow brick with earthquake rods running from the chimneys to the ground. Charles R. Valk was a partner in Valk and Murdock, later the Charleston Shipbuilding and Drydock Co, a machine shop, iron foundary and shipbuilding plant responsible for many of the iron works found throughout the city.

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.

• Title: Charles Robert Valk House
• Photographer: Bayless, Charles Nield, 1914-1991
• Date: 1977-1979

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• Collection: Photograph Collection
• Object Name: HABS South Carolina Project
• Object Id: MK 12012

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