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3 Broad Street Walker, Evans, and Cogswell Building
Walker, Evans & Cogswell Building Constructed 1853-54: rehabilitation 1983-84 Edward C. Jones and Francis Lee. architects James P. and R. Earl. contractors This building was constrcuted for Edward Sebring, president of the State Bank next door. Four stories tall. 3 Broad is made of Charleston grey brick laid in Flemish bond with brownstone cornice and sills on the basket-arched windows of the upper levels. A bracketed cornice of pressed metal extends across the parapet roofline. The Italianate style of the building was a popular one in Charleston in the 1850s. and it was a style in which…
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