Southeastern Galleries

Southeastern Galleries has always been a different kind of furniture store.

Family owned and operated since its inception over six decades ago—originally across Meeting Street from the Charleston Museum—Southeastern Galleries has separated itself from the competition by offering its customers more than just a place to buy a couch or a chair.

“We have always aspired to be a design-oriented store,” says Bill Cooper, who, along with his father-in-law, Norman Cannon, opened Southeastern Galleries in the 1950s. “There weren’t many furniture stores doing design back then.”

Southeastern Galleries began hiring designers—in the beginning, many of them were military wives—and soon offered its clients in Charleston and the surrounding towns the services of a complete home furnishings store.