Name/Title
20 Glebe Street (Thompson-Muller House)Entry/Object ID
GLEBE.020.1Scope and Content
Constructed ca. 1846; restored ca. 1970. George Thompson was apparently one of the first to break the glebe, purchasing this lot and building a wide Charleston single house with 3 bays on the site in the mid-1840s. Thompson's dwelling includes brick quoining on the corners of the front facade, a banded entablature, and a corbeled pediment with a Neoclassical style Palladian window in the tympanum. Stone window lintels accent the heads of each opening, while marble steps lead from the street to the first tier of the 2-story Greek Revival-style piazza. Thompson also built the side-hall-plan house at 26 Glebe by the 1850s. It was later altered with Italianate-style pressed window and door hoods and a Queen Anne style double-tiered piazza. (Buildings of Charleston.)
File contains FOHG house history (undated); narrative history from the book Gems in a Crown by Harry Lightsey.Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Property RecordsAcquisition
Accession
GLEBE.020.Source or Donor
20 Glebe Street (Thompson-Muller House)Acquisition Method
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Search Terms
Glebe Street, Harleston Village, Historic buildings--South Carolina--CharlestonArchive Details
Archive Size/Extent
1 File FolderArchive Notes
Finding Aids: Index to Property Files
Level of Description: FolderLocation
Location
Shelf
Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentDate
February 7, 2023Location
Container
PF Box 44Shelf
Prop File Shelves, Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
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Notes
Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 526-527General Notes
Note
Notes: Includes brief description of 26 Glebe Street.Created By
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July 7, 2008Updated By
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February 16, 2023