800 Block of Lady Street
Site of Former Industries
The Sanborn Fire Insurance Company’s map of 1888 clearly illustrates the mixture of commercial and residential uses that historically characterized many sections of the Vista district. Within the northern half of this block alone stood a cotton gin, a saw mill, a paint and carpentry supply building, and a sprawling gasworks, in addition to three residences.
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block bounded by Lady, Lincoln, Gervais and Gadsden streets, 1888. Image courtesy South Caroliniana Library, University of South Carolina, Columbia
