Fort Sumter Hotel, 1 King Street

Description:

Photograph of the sun parlor in the Fort Sumter Hotel located at 1 King Street. Wicker furniture, tables and lamps are situated throughout for guests and most notable are two birdcages.

The Fort Sumter Hotel was opened in 1923 as the first luxury hotel in Charleston and operated until 1974 when it was converted into condominiums. In February of 1942, John F. Kennedy spent three nights at the hotel with Inga Arvad, a former Miss Denmark and suspected Nazi spy. In July of the same year, the building was rented by the 6th Naval District for their headquarters until 1945 when it was refurbished and reopened as a hotel in 1946.

• Title: Fort Sumter Hotel, 1 King Street
• Photographer: Paine, Morton Brailsford, 1883-1940
• Date: c. 1936

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• Collection: Photograph Collection
• Object Name: Morton Brailsford Paine Photographs
• Object Id: MK 14488

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