Name/Title
25 Archdale StreetEntry/Object ID
ARCHDALE.025.001Scope and Content
The 2-story frame house was built by Jacob Francis who served in the Civil War as a blockade runner. He bought the lot, then vacant, on March 7, 1884, from the German Friendly Society; the present building appears for the first time in the ward books of 1883-86, indicating that it was built between 1884 and 1886. The house follows the traditional architectural form of the Charleston single house. Its architecture is conservative for its period, with none of the exuberant decoration of the high Victorian age. Its mantelpieces are simple, derived from the Greek Revival style; woodwork is very plain. Two points betray the vintage of the house: the gable roof is set low upon the structure and does not permit a half-story or garret such as is usually found in earlier houses; also, the posts of the upper piazza are chamfered, in the style of the latter part of the 19th century. The house remained with Francis and his descendants until 1964. Francis' heirs conveyed the property to John D. Muller, at which time the property contained, in addition to the 2-story frame house, a single-story store building on the southeast corner of the property that was apparently built after 1894. Muller restored the house as a rental unit.
File contains newspaper article (DYKYC).Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Property RecordsAcquisition
Accession
ARCHDALE.025.Source or Donor
25 Archdale StreetAcquisition Method
Collected by StaffLexicon
Search Terms
Archdale Street, Historic buildings--South Carolina--CharlestonArchive Details
Archive Size/Extent
1 File 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 8Location
Container
PF Box 6Shelf
Prop File Shelves, Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentInterpretative Labels
Label Type
Online CatalogLabel
The 2-story frame house was built by Jacob Francis who served in the Civil War as a blockade runner. He bought the lot, then vacant, on March 7, 1884, from the German Friendly Society; the present building appears for the first time in the ward books of 1883-86, indicating that it was built between 1884 and 1886. The house follows the traditional architectural form of the Charleston single house. Its architecture is conservative for its period, with none of the exuberant decoration of the high Victorian age. Its mantelpieces are simple, derived from the Greek Revival style; woodwork is very plain. Two points betray the vintage of the house: the gable roof is set low upon the structure and does not permit a half-story or garret such as is usually found in earlier houses; also, the posts of the upper piazza are chamfered, in the style of the latter part of the 19th century. The house remained with Francis and his descendants until 1964. Francis' heirs conveyed the property to John D. Muller, at which time the property contained, in addition to the 2-story frame house, a single-story store building on the southeast corner of the property that was apparently built after 1894. Muller restored the house as a rental unit.
File contains newspaper article (DYKYC).Created By
admin@catalogit.appCreate Date
July 28, 2005Updated By
sferguson@historiccharleston.orgUpdate Date
August 8, 2023