Harleston Boags Funeral Home
The National Register
of Historic Places
South Carolina
Department of Archives
And History
Charleston
Old E. Historic District
Harleston Boags Funeral Home
(Lower Plaque)
Harleston - Boags Funeral Home
(Formerly Harleston Funeral Home)
Celebrating 100 Years
Founded in 1896 by Edwin Gailliard Harleston and Robert Harleston as Harleston Brothers Funeral Home at 255 Meeting Street. In 1914 Edwin Gailliard Harleston moved his Funeral Home to 121 Calhoun Street, his newly built structure constructed by Thomas Pinckney, Architect; Cassey Smalls, builder. Harleston's children and a few of his grandchildren namely, Maithulun N. Fleming, a grandson, operated the business until he retired, followed by Jobe Colbert. The business became Harleston - Boags on June 6, 1978
Marker is on Calhoun Street, on the right when traveling east.
Courtesy hmdb.org
