Charleston Chapter NRHS

Chapter Officers:

President Vice President Secretary/Treasurer National Representative Chaplain Historian

Art Giardino Peter Buhl Mary Lehr Art Giardino Alex McIntosh Pete Stabovitz

          The Chapter’s activities include promoting awareness of the history of railway transportation, participating in activities related to the Best Friend of Charleston (including its preservation and the preservation of Southern Railway artifacts displayed in the Best Friend Museum), excursions, visiting other museums and helping with the functions of the South Carolina Railroad Museum that is located near Winnsboro, SC on the former Rockton & Rion trackage. The CCNRHS were the founding fathers of the SCRM and furnished much of the rolling stock to SCRM, including a dining car and the 1927 Baldwin and Branchville, Steam Engine #44 that SCRM at one time operated.

CCNRHS Mailing Address:

P. O. Box 21561 Charleston SC  29413

CCNRHS E-mail:	bfoc1830@gmail.com
CCNRHS Membership:	Membership Application: Over 1900 NRHS members worldwide.  More than 170 Chapters.  Established in 1935.  The application lists the dues for the current membership year.  Those who are already a member of the NRHS may join the Charleston Chapter.  All interested individuals are encouraged to join us in our efforts to promote and preserve the history of transportation.
CCNRHS Donations:	The CCNRHS is a 501-C organization and all donations may be claimed as a tax deduction.
CCNRHS News:	A 2011 THESIS BY LORA ANN CUNNINGHAM, TITLED, “A FORGOTTEN TYPOLOGY: THE REDISCOVERY OF THE TRAIN STATIONS ON THE OLDEST RAILROAD IN THE COUNTRY”, IS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD ON THE INTERNET.  LORA INTERNED WITH THE BEST FRIEND OF CHARLESTON RAILWAY MUSEUM WHILE COMPLETING HER THESIS THAT ADDRESSES THE RAILROAD STATIONS EXTENDING FROM CHARLESTON SC TO HAMBURG SC IN THE 1830’S.  HER INTEREST IN TRAIN STATIONS ORIGINATED FROM HER GRANDMOTHER’S LOVE FOR THE 1896 CHERRY CREEK DEPOT IN CHERRY CREEK, NY. HER GRANDMOTHER, PATRICIA FROST, PURCHASED THE DEPOT IN 1964 AND BEGAN A RESTORATION PROJECT THAT REPURPOSED THE DEPOT FOR USE A STORAGE SPACE AND THEN AS A GIFT SHOP IN 1989.   THE NRHS MAGAZINE FOR APRIL 2019 HAS AN INFORMATIVE ARTICLE WRITTEN BY CHAPTER MEMBER, JOE BOSCOE, ABOUT THE NEW AMTRAK BUILDING IN NORTH CHARLESTON.  THE ARTICLE MAY BE FOUND  IN THE MAGAZINE AS WELL AS ONLINE FOR CHAPTER MEMBERS. THANKS JOE…JOB WELL DONE.
CCNRHS Meeting:	THE CHARLESTON CHAPTER NRHS MEETING SCHEDULE IN 2019: NOTE….THE NEXT CHARLESTON CHAPTER MEETING IN 2019 WILL BE HELD ON THE SECOND SATURDAY IN SEPTEMBER AT 11 AM AT ASHLEY PARK SENIOR COMMUNITY, 1451 TOBIAS GADSON BLVD, CHARLESTON SC.  THIS LOCATION HAS BEEN CHOSEN FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF A MEMBER WHO HAS BEEN RELEGATED TO WHEELCHAIR DUTY FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN OUR CHAPTER.
CCNRHS Archives:	Artifacts
	ACL Seniority List of Conductors 1885-1911
	Best Friend Blueprints
	Best Friend Models
	Best Friend Newsletter 1967 – 1999
	Best Friend Poems and The Best Friend Children’s Book
	Captain John M. LeCato Memorial
	Charleston Chapter Charter Members
	Charleston Chapter History
	Ezra L. Miller . his patents . his suicide . his great niece’s correspondence . responses
	Enterprise Railroad Company
	Personalities . The Gray Bros .  Colonel Elliott Springs . Joshua Lionel Cohen .The
	Pictures and Articles . Baber . Ben Baldwin at RailCamp . “Deezel” . Dotterer . Fetters’ Letters .LeCato . Ravenel . I D Smith . John Smith . Stabovitz
	Photographs and Drawings of the Best Friend of Charleston
	Photographs of SC RR Stations and other Photograph Collections . Stations . Cars . Trains .  Miniature Trains . RR Safety Posters . Charleston Storm of 1911 . RR Gazette 1874 . Album of New York. Price’s Wharf
	Railway Mail Service Library Railroad Information Reference Data (RRIRD)

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