Fort Sumter Hotel, 1 King Street

Description:

Photograph of the Murray Boulevard entrance to Fort Sumter Hotel. The sign advertising "Fort Sumter Hotel, A Colonial Hotel," is prominently positioned on the corner and a cannon in White Point Gardens can be seen in background. Paine noted his photgraphic information on reverse, "Fort Sumter Hotel Chas S.C. Photo Sept 1936, Paine. speed 4x5 Graphic 165 GM Tassar #3 Filter Pancro Press Films. 1/30 sec F11 - Filter Test work."

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: September 1936

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• Collection: Photograph Collection
• Object Name: Morton Brailsford Paine Photographs
• Object Id: MK 1576

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