12 Bee Street

Archive

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Historic Charleston Foundation

12 Bee Street

12 Bee Street

Name/Title

12 Bee Street

Entry/Object ID

BEE.012.1

Scope and Content

Three-story Greek Revival brick double house built in 1858 by a prosperous rice miller. It has served as a maternity hospital (Mercy Maternity Hospital) and as a ladies home (Episcopal Home for Women). The builder was William Robb, a partner in the East Point Mills which stood at the foot of Laurens Street on the Cooper River; he is listed as living at the location in the 1859 city directory and bought the property on which the house stands in 1858. The site was then part of 11 building lots, fronting on Rutledge, Bee, and Ashley, which Thomas D. Condy offered for sale. The land was one of the few natural high points in the marshy tract of land which Daniel Cannon acquired in the 1760s. File contains newspaper articles "12 Bee St. is to be Sold by Church" (1/27/1975) (DYKYC) and "Bee St. Home to Close Sept. 30" (7/21/1978); National Register Nomination Form; house history from City of Charleston Tour Guide Training Manual (2011).

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

BEE.012.

Source or Donor

12 Bee Street

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

Bee Street, Radcliffeborough and Cannonborough, National Register of Historic Places, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, Maternity hospitals--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

Location

Container

PF Box 8

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

2009.019.1, 2009.019.6, 2009.019.7

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

September 7, 2005

Updated By

admin@catalogit.app

Update Date

February 17, 2023