Name/Title
18 Amherst StreetEntry/Object ID
AMHERST.018.001Scope and Content
Constructed ca. 1820. Two-story frame dwelling, originally a single pile dwelling with center passage plan. The house was expanded soon after its construction with a rear, 2-story addition. During the middle decades of the 19th century, Martha E. Rogers, an African-American woman, operated a boarding house there.
Three folders containing: documentation of the covenant and related correspondence; annual inspection reports and related correspondence; documents related to the restoration and rehabilitation of the property, including Project Manual for 18 Amherst Street (2 vols., pdf only); envelope containing samples of ceiling finishes; house history and history of buildings conveyed to Charleston (affordable housing), including this property; house history from Vernacular Architecture of Charleston and the Lowcountry; historical/research information; graduate student report (Diana Inthavong, 2016) on the history of the building/property (includes historical and chain-of-title research, maps, photos, and other supporting documentation); property research including copies deeds, Sanborn maps, plat, and other historical information; newspaper article; photocopies of photographs of the property; miscellaneous correspondence; documentation of the sale of the property to Historic Charleston Foundation.
See Covenant/Easement Inspection Photo Files for inspection photography.Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Property RecordsAcquisition
Accession
AMHERST.018.Source or Donor
18 Amherst StreetAcquisition Method
Collected by StaffLexicon
Search Terms
Covenant Property, Charleston Affordable Housing, Amherst Street, Before and after, Woman-operated business, Hampstead Village, East Side, Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration--South Carolina--CharlestonArchive Details
Archive Size/Extent
1 Covenant Folder
1 Management Folder
1 History/Miscellaneous 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, 2023Notes
PF Box 3Relationships
Related Entries
Notes
AMHERST.018.002, AMHERST.018.003a-e, AMHERST.018.004a-i, AMHERST.018.005, AMHERST.018.007a-e, AMHERST.018.008a-c
Related Units of Description: See also Easement Manager's working files for more information.Interpretative Labels
Label Type
Online CatalogLabel
Constructed ca. 1820. Two-story frame dwelling, originally a single pile dwelling with center passage plan. The house was expanded soon after its construction with a rear, 2-story addition. During the middle decades of the 19th century, Martha E. Rogers, an African-American woman, operated a boarding house there.
Three folders containing: documentation of the covenant and related correspondence; annual inspection reports and related correspondence; documents related to the restoration and rehabilitation of the property, including Project Manual for 18 Amherst Street (2 vols., pdf only); envelope containing samples of ceiling finishes; house history and history of buildings conveyed to Charleston (affordable housing), including this property; house history from Vernacular Architecture of Charleston and the Lowcountry; historical/research information; graduate student report (Diana Inthavong, 2016) on the history of the building/property (includes historical and chain-of-title research, maps, photos, and other supporting documentation); property research including copies deeds, Sanborn maps, plat, and other historical information; newspaper article; photocopies of photographs of the property; miscellaneous correspondence; documentation of the sale of the property to Historic Charleston Foundation.Created By
admin@catalogit.appCreate Date
June 16, 2004Updated By
sferguson@historiccharleston.orgUpdate Date
May 25, 2023