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Researching Historic Properties
If you are interested in researching an historic property in Charleston, there are a host of institutions and resources available locally.
- Lowcountry Digital Library
- Manuscripts
- Photographs
- Oral histories
- Digital exhibits
- Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
- South Carolina Room – Charleston County Public Library, 61 Calhoun Street, 2nd floor
- Property files
- Maps
- City directories
- Tax records
- Access to Ancestry.com
- South Carolina Historical Society Special Collections – Addlestone Library, 205 Calhoun Street, 3rd floor
- Manuscripts
- Rare books
- Visual materials
- Register of Deeds Office, Charleston County — O.T. Wallace County Office Building, 101 Meeting Street, Room 200
- Deeds
- Mortgages
- Plats
- Easements and covenants
- City of Charleston Permit Center – Gaillard Center, 2 George Street, 1st floor
- BAR property files
- Survey cards
- 1929 Sanborn Map
- City of Charleston Records Center – 2 George Street, 3rd floor
- Permit records
- Plans
- Correspondence
- (by appointment only)
Contact: Meg Moughan, moughanm@charleston-sc.gov
- Avery Research Center – 125 Bull Street
- Manuscripts
- Photographs
- Oral Histories
- (by appointment only)
Contact: Georgette Mayo, mayog@cofc.edu
- Lowcountry Digital Library