3 Queen St #306 Charleston, SC 29401

Listing details for 3 Queen St #306, Charleston, SC 29401 : Perfect pied de terre situated in the heart of the French Quarter and within the boundaries of Charleston's Old Walled City. This converted 1855 brick structure has been converted into 22 luxury condominiums. Number 306 is a wonderful combination of modern convenience with many of the historic building's architectural details remaining intact including original beams in the soaring twenty foot ceilings and exposed brick walls. A secured parking garage accessed from State Street, fitness room and laundry facilities are among the building amenities. There is a well appointed and secured lobby on Queen Street providing access to visitors. The common elements of the building are .finished with fine woodwork as are the building's staircase and the interior of the elevator. see supplementThis structure was originally built by FW Wagener & Co, perhaps incorporating some earlier structures such as a wholesale grocer. 1888 Sandborn map included in the document section. The property included a warehouse on Queen Street supporting the firm's wide ranging enterprises, including cotton, naval stores, fertilizers, as well as liquor and foodstuffs. Wagener's building epitomizes the transition between Romanesque and the emerging commercial version of the Queen Anne style. Attributed to the hand of antebellum architect Francis Lee - In 1980 the front building was converted to a restaurant - In 1987 developers adapted the warehouse for condominiums, placing a parking garage in the gabled one story section at State Street (excerpted from Johnathan Poston's book The Buildings of Charleston)