Name/Title
75 Anson Street (Joseph Legare House)Entry/Object ID
ANSON.075.001Scope and Content
Constructed ca. 1800; rehabilitated 1969. This two-and-a-half story wooden house raised on a brick basement was built by the wealthy planter and factor Joseph Legare, whose family had owned the property next door since 1760. The exceptional front staircase with marble steps and iron balustrade was added by Benjamin Howland in 1844 along with the Greek Revival style piazza. The house had a third story added at about the same time; this story was removed and the roof restored in 1969. A late-Victorian house to the south was also removed and the lot restored, while the extensive line of outbuildings became individual residences (Poston, Buildings of Charleston).
Three files contain documentation of the covenant on the property; annual inspection reports; requests for alterations; Hurricane Hugo report; correspondence and other documentation related to the sale of the property; correspondence and other documentation related to the management of the property; 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); graduate student report (Eileen Grogan, 2008) on the history of the house, which includes historical and chain-of-title research, maps, photos, and other supporting documentation (deeds, architectural plans, plats); pdf of photographs by Bill Jordan, 1972; documentation of HCF's purchase and rehabilitation of the house and efforts to sell the house; sketches of "general plan"; photocopy of 1882 city block plat.
See Covenant/Easement Inspection Photo Files for inspection photography.Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Property RecordsAcquisition
Accession
ANSON.075.Source or Donor
75 Anson Street (Joseph Legare House)Acquisition Method
Collected by StaffLexicon
Search Terms
Anson Street, Ansonborough, Ansonborough Rehabilitation Project (ARP), Covenant Property, Before and after, Historic buildings--South Carolina--CharlestonArchive Details
Archive Size/Extent
1 Covenant Folder
1 Management Folder
1 History/Miscellaneous FolderArchive Notes
Finding Aids: Index to Property Files.
Level of Description: FolderLocation
Location
Shelf
Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentDate
February 7, 2023Notes
PF Box 7Relationships
Related Entries
Notes
2011.015.81, ANSON.075.002a-b, ANSON.075.003, ANSON.075.004, ANSON.075.005, ANSON.075.006a-e, ANSON.075.007
Related Units of Description: See also "Ansonborough" document box, Preservation Topics shelves.
See H.A. DeCosta Company invoice collection, 2009.011.1.
See also Easement Manager's working files for more information.Related Publications
Notes
Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 423-424Interpretative Labels
Label Type
Online CatalogLabel
Constructed ca. 1800; rehabilitated 1969. This two-and-a-half story wooden house raised on a brick basement was built by the wealthy planter and factor Joseph Legare, whose family had owned the property next door since 1760. The exceptional front staircase with marble steps and iron balustrade was added by Benjamin Howland in 1844 along with the Greek Revival style piazza. The house had a third story added at about the same time; this story was removed and the roof restored in 1969. A late-Victorian house to the south was also removed and the lot restored, while the extensive line of outbuildings became individual residences (Poston, Buildings of Charleston).
Three files contain documentation of the covenant on the property; annual inspection reports; requests for alterations; Hurricane Hugo report; correspondence and other documentation related to the sale of the property; correspondence and other documentation related to the management of the property; 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); graduate student report (Eileen Grogan, 2008) on the history of the house, which includes historical and chain-of-title research, maps, photos, and other supporting documentation (deeds, architectural plans, plats); pdf of photographs by Bill Jordan, 1972; documentation of HCF's purchase and rehabilitation of the house and efforts to sell the house; sketches of "general plan"; photocopy of 1882 city block plat.General Notes
Note
Notes: PDF of graduate student report on CD in file.Created By
admin@catalogit.appCreate Date
June 28, 2005Updated By
sferguson@historiccharleston.orgUpdate Date
August 7, 2023