This Sunday, Sept. 1, The Meeting Street Inn will celebrate 150 years of its building’s history. Long before this quaint, rose-colored inn hosted out-of-towners, it was home to several businesses + some families.
Check out this timeline of what once filled the building on Meeting Street.
1837: The Charleston Theatre opened, and the two-story building was destroyed in a fire.
1874: A new building was constructed (which still stands today), during this time a restaurant and beer + wine wholesale operated.
1886: Atlantic Brewing and Ice Company opened, offering the Holy City mechanically refrigerated ice.
1900: For the next ~80 years, the building would change what it offered and its owners several times. Over the years, the spot served as an upscale restaurant, boutique, auto parts shop, dental supply store, bicycle shop, and liquor store.
1992: The building underwent renovations and was shaped into The Meeting Street Inn we know today.
2024: The inn continues to see updates like the latest changes to its lobby, guest rooms, and the addition of a pool.
