13 Pitt Street (Henry Gerdts House)

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Historic Charleston Foundation

13 Pitt Street

13 Pitt Street

Name/Title

13 Pitt Street (Henry Gerdts House)

Entry/Object ID

PITT.013.001

Scope and Content

Constructed 1859-60. Brownstone pediment supported by carved console brackets marks the front doorway of this 2-and-a-half-story house built by a wholesale grocer and commission merchant a few years before the Civil War. Built on a corner lot, the house is ornamented on the front with brick corbeling and brownstone lintels and sills. A double-tiered piazza with Ionic columns on the first floor and Corinthian columns on the second shades the Wentworth Street side of the house and overlooks a garden space enclosed by a 19th century wall with brick piers, paneled brick coping, and a wooden balustrade. Three files contain documentation of the easement on the property including related correspondence; Part I certification (National Register);easement appraisal report and IRS form 8283; documentation related to HCF's purchase of the property; documentation related to the sale of the property, including initial sale by HCF to Stewart/Marks for restoration; FOHG house history (2008); report by Carl Lounsbury (2005) entitled "13 Pitt Street: An Architectural Description"; Rosen and Associates structural inspection report (2005); house histories from Information for Guides of Historic Charleston and The Buildings of Charleston; floor plans (reduced photocopy of PITT.013.006); proposed architectural for restoration presented to BAR (Marks, 2006) (approval status not indicated); short description of renovation project "HCF's Revolving Fund and the Henry Gerdts House, c. 1859"; copy of sales brochure describing house history and information about the restoration. The files may also eventually contain annual inspection reports, requests for alterations, and correspondence and other documentation related to the management of the property, etc. See Easement Documentation Photo Files for easement donation photographs (Exh. B to Deed of Conservation Easement). No inspection photographs on file (see Easement Manager).

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

PITT.013.

Source or Donor

13 Pitt Street (Henry Gerdts House)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

Pitt Street, Harleston Village, Revolving Fund (HCF), Easement Property, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Property File

Archive Details

Archive Size/Extent

1 Gift Folder 1 Management Folder 2 History/Miscellaneous Folders

Archive Notes

Associated Material: Charles N. Bayless photograph on Lowcountry Digital Library 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

Location

Container

PF Box 82

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Location

Container

2

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

PITT.013.002a-w, PITT.013.003, PITT.013.004, PITT.013.005, PITT.013.006 Related Units of Description: See also Easement Manager's working files for more information.

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 543

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

May 11, 2005

Updated By

admin@catalogit.app

Update Date

February 17, 2023