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 |
1927 Baldwin engine, Hampton and Branchville, Steam Engine #44
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: |
1371 Southlake Drive Mt. Pleasant SC 29464 |
| 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 ARCHITECTURE OF THE RAILROAD STATIONS THAT EXTENDED FROM CHARLESTON SC TO HAMBURG SC IN THE 1830’S.
LORA’S 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 AS A STORAGE SPACE AND THEN AS A GIFT SHOP.
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| CCNRHS Meeting: |
THE CHARLESTON CHAPTER NRHS MEETING SCHEDULE IN 2019:
NOTE….THE NEXT CHARLESTON CHAPTER MEETING WILL BE IN JANUARY 2020 ON THE SECOND SATURDAY AT 11 AM AT ASHLEY PARK RETIREMENT 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 EVERYONE’S SUPPORT OF OUR CHAPTER.
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CCNRHS Archives: |
Artifacts |
| ACL Seniority List of Conductors 1885-1911 |
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| Best Friend Blueprints |
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| 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 |
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| Charleston Chapter History |
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| Ezra L. Miller . his patents . his suicide . his great niece’s correspondence . responses |
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| Enterprise Railroad Company |
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| 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 |
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| Photographs and Drawings of the Best Friend of Charleston |
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| 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 |
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| Railway Mail Service Library |
Do you have a “Friend”ly Face? Have you had your picture taken with the Best Friend of Charleston? Follow this link and see if your picture is included or send us a photo from your train visit and be a “Friend”ly Face on our website. We have photographs from: