52 Anson Street

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Historic Charleston Foundation

52 Anson Street

52 Anson Street

Name/Title

52 Anson Street

Entry/Object ID

ANSON.052.001

Scope and Content

Part of the complex of rental properties at 46-52 Anson Street, Thomas Wallace House and Martin Dowd Tenements. Constructed ca. 1845; rehabilitated 1969. The brick building at 52 Anson Street housed a grocery store on the first floor and, along with the brick double tenement at 48-50 Anson street, formed a connected complex when in Dowd's ownership (Poston, Buildings of Charleston). File contains: photocopies of Ansonborough Rehabilitation Project photos; estimate by H.A. DeCosta Company for materials and labor, undated. Owner at the time was Mrs. S. Henry Edmunds.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

ANSON.052.

Source or Donor

52 Anson Street (Thomas Wallace House and Martin Dowd 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 5

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

ANSON.052.002a-b, ANSON.052.003, ANSON.052.004a-b Related Units of Description: See also "Ansonborough" document box, Preservation Topics shelves.

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), p. 418

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Online Catalog

Label

Part of the complex of rental properties at 46-52 Anson Street, Thomas Wallace House and Martin Dowd Tenements. Constructed ca. 1845; rehabilitated 1969. The brick building at 52 Anson Street housed a grocery store on the first floor and, along with the brick double tenement at 48-50 Anson street, formed a connected complex when in Dowd's ownership (Poston, Buildings of Charleston). File contains: photocopies of Ansonborough Rehabilitation Project photos; estimate by H.A. DeCosta Company for materials and labor, undated. Owner at the time was Mrs. S. Henry Edmunds.

General Notes

Note Type

Historical Note

Note

Notes: Address in the 1960s was 27½ Wentworth Street.

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

May 5, 2005

Updated By

sferguson@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

May 26, 2023