The Read Building

The Read Building is a building in Charleston County, South Carolina, which is located on King Street. The Read Building is situated near the restaurant Malagón Mercado y Taperia, as well as near the fire station City of Charleston Fire Department Station 6.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Malagón Mercado y Taperia and Coming Street Cemetery.

Malagón Mercado y Taperia

Restaurant

Malagón Mercado y Taperia, or simply Malagón, is a Michelin-starred Spanish restaurant in Charleston, South Carolina, United States.

The Coming Street Cemetery is located at 189 Coming Street, in Charleston, South Carolina. This Jewish cemetery, one of the oldest in the United States was founded in 1762 by Sephardi Jews and is the oldest Jewish burial ground in the South. Coming Street Cemetery is situated 1,200 feet southwest of The Read Building.

Central Baptist Church

Church

Photo: Ammodramus, CC0.

Central Baptist Church is a historic Southern Baptist church at 26 Radcliffe Street in Charleston, South Carolina. The Central Baptist Church was completed in 1893 and is considered the first church in Charleston founded and constructed entirely by African-Americans. Central Baptist Church is situated 1,500 feet south of The Read Building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Charleston and Hampstead Village.

Charleston

Photo: shankbone, CC BY 2.0.

Charleston is the largest and oldest city in the state of South Carolina in the United States of America. Its historic downtown is on a peninsula formed by two rivers, the Ashley and the Cooper, flowing into the Atlantic, and protected from the open ocean by surrounding islands.

Hampstead Village

Quarter

Hampstead Village is a neighborhood in Charleston, South Carolina in the US, also known as the Eastside or the East Side. A prominent merchant, Henry Laurens, bought several tracts totaling 99 acres where Hampstead Village is today.

Wilson’s Farm

Neighborhood

Wilson's Farm is a neighborhood in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. By 1746, a 55-acre tract of the upper Charleston peninsula had been subdivided from a larger parcel and sold to John Drayton who used the land as a farm known as "Pickpocket." In 1757, 52-acres were transferred to Andrew Fesch and Peter Guinard.

The Read Building

Type: Commercial building
Address: 593 King Street, Charleston, SC 29403
Categories: building and office
Location: Charleston County, South Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

32.79285° or 32° 47′ 34″ north

Longitude

-79.94145° or 79° 56′ 29″ west

Elevation

10 feet (3 metres)

Established

1912

Levels

Height

43 feet (13 metres)

Roof shape

flat

Open location code

8742Q3V5+4C

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1180067922

OpenStreetMap feature

building=commercial

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Highlights: City of Charleston Fire Department Station 6 and Woolfe Street Playhouse.

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Places to explore: Spring Street - King Street and Buzzed Bull Creamery.

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