Name/Title
2-6 Council Street (Richard Morris Houses)Entry/Object ID
COUNCIL.002-6.1a-eDescription
Five B&W photographs of the Richard Morris Houses (2-6 Council Street).
a: 2 Council Street, front (west) elevation.
b: 2 Council Street, 4 Council Street, and 6 Council Street, front (west) elevation (L to R).
c: 4 Council Street and 6 Council Street, front (west) elevation (L to R).
d: 6 Council Street, front (west) elevation.
e: 6 Council Street, front (west) elevation. Also shows 8 Council Street at right.
Constructed 1881. Three nearly identical single houses anchor the corner of Council and Tradd Streets, at 2-6 Council Street. Richard J. Morris, a house furnishings dealer, constructed these buildings as an investment in 1881. Each of the dwellings retains its closed gable ends and two-story side piazzas. 4 Council Street lost its piazza screen in the conversion of the house to a duplex some years ago. (The house at 2 Council Street retains an original late-Greek Revival architrave in the piazza screen, matching that at 6 Council Street, although the latter now features an overhanging pediment. By contrast with these regularly proportioned structures, the investor Henry Klaven built the diminutive 2-bay single house at 8 Council Street with Queen Anne style detailing.) (Poston, Buildings of Charleston.)
4 Council is under protective easement and is cataloged separately.Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Property RecordsAcquisition
Accession
COUNCIL.002-6Source or Donor
2-6 Council Street (Richard Morris Houses)Acquisition Method
Collected by StaffMade/Created
Artist
Saunders, Katherine (HCF)Date made
circa 1996Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Council Street, Historic buildings--South Carolina--CharlestonLocation
Location
Cabinet
Photo File CabinetsRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentDate
February 7, 2023Copyright
Copyright Details
In copyrightCreate Date
January 27, 2016Update Date
February 17, 2023
