53 Anson Street (William Thompson Tenement)

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Historic Charleston Foundation

53 Anson Street

53 Anson Street

Name/Title

53 Anson Street (William Thompson Tenement)

Entry/Object ID

ANSON.053.001

Scope and Content

Constructed ca. 1843; rehabilitated 1966. A bricklayer and mason who lived nearby on George Street built this house and its adjacent neighbor, 30 Wentworth Street, as double tenements (with different rooflines), and also constructed the single house at 32 Wentworth Street after the fire of 1838. In the rehabilitation of those structures in the 1960s, HCF eliminated the metal Victorian window heads and permitted the removal of the piazza at 30 Wentworth (Poston, Buildings of Charleston). Three files contain: documentation of the covenant on the property; annual inspection reports; requests for alterations; correspondence and other documentation related to the sale and/or management of the property and/or of the covenant itself; historical/research information; copy of HCF easement information card (TMS number, year of construction, significant resident(s), deed research, deed restrictions, measurements, and tax information). See Covenant/Easement Inspection Photo Files for inspection photography.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

ANSON.053.

Source or Donor

53 Anson Street (William Thompson Tenement)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

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

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Property File

Archive Details

Archive Size/Extent

1 Covenant Folder 1 Management Folder 1 History/Miscellaneous 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.053.002a-b, ANSON.053.003, ANSON.053.004a-b, ANSON.053.005 Related Units of Description: See also "Ansonborough" document box, Preservation Topics shelves. See also Easement Manager's working files for more information.

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 418-419

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Online Catalog

Label

Constructed ca. 1843; rehabilitated 1966. A bricklayer and mason who lived nearby on George Street built this house and its adjacent neighbor, 30 Wentworth Street, as double tenements (with different rooflines), and also constructed the single house at 32 Wentworth Street after the fire of 1838. In the rehabilitation of those structures in the 1960s, HCF eliminated the metal Victorian window heads and permitted the removal of the piazza at 30 Wentworth (Poston, Buildings of Charleston). Three files contain: documentation of the covenant on the property; annual inspection reports; requests for alterations; correspondence and other documentation related to the sale and/or management of the property and/or of the covenant itself; historical/research information; copy of HCF easement information card (TMS number, year of construction, significant resident(s), deed research, deed restrictions, measurements, and tax information).

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

May 12, 2005

Updated By

sferguson@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

May 26, 2023