Description: CHARLESTON IMMIGRATION STATION - Original 3 1/2" x 5" KODAK PHOTOGRAPH JULY 1994 THE SEABREEZE HOTEL IMMIGRATION STATION BEFORE RESTORATION – In a bold experiment to steer some European immigrants to the southeastern states, the U.S. Congress established an immigration station at the port of Charleston. In 1912, the Immigration Station was built on the Cooper River in Hampstead, but was never used for that purpose. In 1939, Charleston County purchased the structure from the U.S. government and then converted it into a county jail. Prison inmates nicknamed the building “The Seabreeze Hotel” for its breezy harbor location. It served as a jail until 1968. The building was vacated in 1989 after Hurricane Hugo. A decade later, it was rehabilitated and modernized as an office building. Note: the 1929 John P. Grace Memorial Bridge to the right of the photo (now demolished).
Price: 2 USD
Location: Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
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Item Specifics
All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Type: Photograph
Year of Production: 1994
Size: 3 1/2" x 5"
Theme: CHARLESTON
Time Period Manufactured: 1990-1999
Production Technique: KODAK PROCESSING
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Subject: CHARLESTON, SC, CHARLESTON, CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, SEABREEZE HOTEL
