Kress Building

Kress Building is a retail building in , which is located on Wentworth Street. Kress Building is situated nearby to the park , as well as near the art gallery .
  • Type: Retail building
  • Also known as: “S.H. Kress & Co. Building”
  • Address: 80-76 Wentworth Street, Charleston, SC 29401
  • Roof shape: flat

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sottile Theater and Beth Elohim Synagogue.

Theater building
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The Sottile Theatre is a theater in downtown . It is owned by the College of Charleston and is a rental venue used by many local, regional and national performing arts groups including Spoleto Festival USA. is situated 690 feet northwest of Kress Building.

Synagogue
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Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue located in , , in the United States. Having founded the congregation in 1749, it was later claimed to be the first Reform synagogue located in the United States. is situated 600 feet east of Kress Building.

Church
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is a Catholic church in , and was the first Catholic parish established in the Carolinas and . is situated 650 feet east of Kress Building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ansonborough and French Quarter.

Quarter
is a neighborhood in . In 1726, Captain George Anson acquired a 64-acre tract from Thomas Gadsden. Anson's lands were divided into smaller parcels for development, and several streets were named either for his ships or for himself: George and Anson, Scarborough and Squirrel, and Centurion.

Quarter
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The is a historic district and a section of downtown , , , that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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is the largest and oldest city in the state of 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.

Kress Building

Latitude
32.78246° or 32° 46′ 57″ north
Longitude
-79.93473° or 79° 56′ 5″ west
Inception
1931
Levels
4
Height
66 feet (20 metres)
Open location code
8742Q3J8+X4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 445138906
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­retail
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­yes
Open­Street­Map attribute
roof-shape=­flat
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