51-53 Broad Street (Clark Mills Studio)

Archive

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Historic Charleston Foundation

51-53 Broad Street

51-53 Broad Street

Name/Title

51-53 Broad Street (Clark Mills Studio)

Entry/Object ID

BROAD.051-53.001

Scope and Content

Constructed ca. 1740; present facade added 1899. This building, originally constructed by the merchant Benjamin Smith, has been heavily altered. Originally it was a simple, 3-story masonry double tenement with a high hipped roof. The present facade, added in 1899, obscures the original roof with its oversized gable accented by stylized Renaissance Revival details including pressed metal garlands and a dentiled cornice. Once the studio of sculptor Clark Mills (1815-53), who executed the famous statue of Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Park in Washington, D.C., in the 20th century, it housed the law office of Mayor Thomas P. Stoney, who is remembered for establishing America's first historic district and zoning ordinance and for serving as an ardent ally of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. File contains building history from Information for Guides of Historic Charleston; newspaper articles; photocopy of photograph; National Register Nomination Form; Rosen and Associates inspection report (1996, 2008).

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

BROAD.051-53.

Source or Donor

51-53 Broad Street (Clark Mills Studio)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

Broad Street, Civic Square, National Register of Historic Places, 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 10

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

BROAD.051-53.002 Related Units of Description: Preservation Consultants files (Part I and/or Part II applications and/or photos and/or miscellaneous documentation), 2011.022.1

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 162.

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

October 31, 2005

Updated By

admin@catalogit.app

Update Date

February 17, 2023