45 Anson Street (Ann Hunt Tenements)

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Historic Charleston Foundation

45 Anson Street: Origsize: 4x6; Origformat: BW photo
45 Anson Street

Origsize: 4x6; Origformat: BW photo

Name/Title

45 Anson Street (Ann Hunt Tenements)

Entry/Object ID

ANSON.045.001

Scope and Content

Constructed ca. 1829-38; rehabilitated 1970s. Masonry house with American bond brick partly covered by a mellowed coat of lime stucco. Probably built as a paired kitchen house and slave quarters for a double tenement that has since disappeared from the front of the lot. Mrs. Hunt owned several wooden houses on this part of the street that were destroyed in the fire of 1838, and she rebuilt these structures before selling the lots in 1847. File contains: FOHG house history (1997); newspaper article (DYKYC, 1977); entry from Old Codgers' Charleston Address Book (pdf); photocopy of ARP Survey photo.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

ANSON.045.

Source or Donor

45 Anson Street (Ann Hunt Tenements)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

Anson Street, Ansonborough, Ansonborough Rehabilitation Project (ARP), Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Property File

Archive Details

Archive Size/Extent

1 File Folder

Archive Notes

Finding Aids: Index to Property Files. Level of Description: Folder

Location

Location

Shelf

Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Notes

PF Box 4

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

ANSON.045.002a-b, ANSON.045.003, ANSON.045.004, ANSON.045.005 Related Units of Description: See also "Ansonborough" document box, Preservation Topics shelves.

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 418

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Online Catalog

Label

Constructed ca. 1829-38; rehabilitated 1970s. Masonry house with American bond brick partly covered by a mellowed coat of lime stucco. Probably built as a paired kitchen house and slave quarters for a double tenement that has since disappeared from the front of the lot. Mrs. Hunt owned several wooden houses on this part of the street that were destroyed in the fire of 1838, and she rebuilt these structures before selling the lots in 1847. File contains: FOHG house history (1997); newspaper article (DYKYC, 1977); entry from Old Codgers' Charleston Address Book (pdf); photocopy of ARP Survey photo.

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

January 27, 2005

Updated By

sferguson@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

May 26, 2023