88 Beaufain Street (B. Pressley Smith House House)

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Historic Charleston Foundation

88 Beaufain Street, ca. 1996: Origsize: 4x6; Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 150 dpi
88 Beaufain Street, ca. 1996

Origsize: 4x6; Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 150 dpi

Name/Title

88 Beaufain Street (B. Pressley Smith House House)

Entry/Object ID

BEAUFAIN.088.001

Scope and Content

88 Beaufain is a side-hall plan Charleston single house built just a few years after the Earthquake of 1886, which "badly wrecked" the large brick house originally on the site, owned by B. Pressley Smith. Smith tore down the damaged building and in 1888, constructed the new 2½ story wood building. Unlike more traditional Charleston single house plans where the entry opens onto a side porch/piazza, the entry is on the other side and opens into a separate stair hall, allowing for a double parlor to span the length of the piazza. The front bay window and brackets are also indicative of the Victorian period. File contains FOHG house history (2019); chain-of-title and associated research notes and materials including maps

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

BEAUFAIN.088

Source or Donor

88 Beaufain Street (B. Pressley Smith House)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

Beaufain Street, Harleston Village, 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

Location

Container

PF Box 7

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

BEAUFAIN.088.002

Related Publications

Notes

See Earthquake Views (2008.005.2) for shot of Smith's damaged house).

General Notes

Note

Notes: Buildings of Charleston description (replaced with 2019 research/information): 86-88 Beaufain Street (Kate McCloy Houses), constructed ca. 1890. Following the earthquake of 1886, Kate McCloy purchased these properties, including the site of a brick house owned by the attorney B. Pressley Smith that was listed as "badly wrecked" by the disaster. McCloy built a large 2½ story, side-hall-plan house with a front, closed gable, double-tiered bay window, and 2-story piazza at 88 Beaufain Street. Her family built a smaller house of similar plan with an Italianate doorway at 86 Beaufain Street, and retained it until 1910.

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

August 31, 2005

Updated By

admin@catalogit.app

Update Date

February 17, 2023