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The Swinging Corpse

Located at 161 East Bay Street, the F.W. Wagener Building is a beautiful structure in Charleston, South Carolina, with tall arched windows and cast-iron pillars. Built in 1880 by German immigrant F.W. Wagener, it housed his firm’s offices, a grocery store, and rental space across three expansive, open floors. The Poirier family built much of…