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THE CHARLESTON MUSEUM 



Vol. 4 CHARLESTON, S. C, DECEMBER, 1908 No. 8 



THE NEW BUILDING 



We publish this month the floor plans of the new home of the 

 Museum and a view of the entrance, as well as a cut of the 

 main building of the College of Charleston, the second floor 

 of which has been occupied by the Museum since 1850. Further 

 development of the Museum in this location was hindered by- 

 its difficulty of access, poor lighting, and entire lack of storage 

 and work rooms. The new building is favorably situated on 

 Rutledge Avenue, accessible by two car lines connecting with 

 all parts of the city. In addition to 35,000 square feet of ex- 

 hibition space an equal amount is available for storage and 

 work rooms, shops, laboratories, offices, Hbrary, lecture rooms, 

 etc. It is a steel frame building with brick wall and a stucco 

 exterior, erected in 1899 as an auditorium, with funds be- 

 queathed to the city by John Thomson, Esq. It proved an 

 acoustic failure and after temporary service as a theater 

 and later as a hospital it was devoted to the use of the Museum 

 by act of Council, January 8, 1907. 



The most important changes necessary to adapt the building 

 to the uses of the Museum were the leveling of floors and gal- 

 leries, which inclined toward the stage, the building of partitions, 



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