58 Anson Street (Robert M. Venning House)

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Historic Charleston Foundation

58 Anson Street

58 Anson Street

Name/Title

58 Anson Street (Robert M. Venning House)

Entry/Object ID

ANSON.058.001

Scope and Content

Constructed ca. 1851; rehabilitated mid-1960s. One of two brick single houses constructed by Charleston factor Robert M. Venning, and part of a complex of four Venning Houses near the corner of Anson and Society Streets. Characteristic of Ansonborough single houses but unusual in the tall, narrow window openings, with 9-over-9 light window sashes, and kitchen buildings placed perpendicular to the rear of the main structures. File contains: an old house history; photocopy of ARP photo; News & Courier DYKYC article dated 11/7/1970, "New Styles Failed to Attract Robert Venning."

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

ANSON.058.

Source or Donor

58 Anson Street (Robert M. Venning House)

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

2011.022.12, ANSON.058.002, ANSON.058.003a-b, ANSON.060.001, ANSON.060.002a-c, ANSON.060.003 Related Units of Description: See also "Ansonborough" document box, Preservation Topics shelves.

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), p. 419

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Online Catalog

Label

Constructed ca. 1851; rehabilitated mid-1960s. One of two brick single houses constructed by Charleston factor Robert M. Venning, and part of a complex of four Venning Houses near the corner of Anson and Society Streets. Characteristic of Ansonborough single houses but unusual in the tall, narrow window openings, with 9-over-9 light window sashes, and kitchen buildings placed perpendicular to the rear of the main structures. File contains: an old house history; photocopy of ARP photo; News & Courier DYKYC article dated 11/7/1970, "New Styles Failed to Attract Robert Venning."

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

May 12, 2005

Updated By

sferguson@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

May 26, 2023