Name/Title
98 Broad Street (Dr. Henry R. Frost's Surgery) and 98½ Broad StreetEntry/Object ID
BROAD.098.001Scope and Content
Constructed ca. 1735 (front portion, ca. 1800-10 (rear portion); renovated ca. 1835. Dr. Frost's 2-story, gable-ended office may incorporate a portion of a double tenement constructed about 1735 by the colonial physician Dr. John Martino and subsequently sold to Dr. Alexander Garden, the colonial horticulturist for whom the gardenia is named. (Dr. Garden's principal plantation, "Otranto" at Goose Creek, is today surrounded by a subdivision.) The front portion of the building was subsequently renovated after 1835, when Dr. Henry Frost took a mortgage to construct a building on this site. The first-floor front room contains woodwork from Belvedere [a/k/a Belvidere] plantation house, the circa 1800 Charleston Neck seat of Col. Thomas Shubrick. The plantation house was demolished in 1925 by the Standard Oil Company, and the interior detailing was subsequently installed. The front entry door with fluted pilasters and semi-circular fanlight probably came from Belvedere. (Poston, Buildings of Charleston.)
File contains FOHG building history; building history from Information for Guides of Historic Charleston; newspaper articles (including DYKYC); historical research materials including chain-of-title, deeds, property inventory, will of Henry Frost; HABS drawings (reduced-sized copy); correspondence and other documentation concerning 98½ Broad Street including "Field Report" by Willie Graham and Orlando Ridout; architectural assessment of 98½ Broad Street (Richard D. Marks, 1995); "A History of 8 Courthouse Square" (Poston, 1995) .Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Property RecordsAcquisition
Accession
BROAD.098.Source or Donor
98 Broad Street (Dr. Henry R. Frost's Surgery)Acquisition Method
Collected by StaffLexicon
Search Terms
Broad Street, Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), 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, 2023Location
Container
PF Box 14Shelf
Prop File Shelves, Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentRelationships
Related Entries
Notes
BROAD.098.002a-b, BROAD.098.003Related Publications
Notes
Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 174-175
A New Look at the Old City: Archaeological Excavations of the Charleston County Judicial Center Site (38CH1708) (Object ID# 2009.002.0069)General Notes
Note
Notes: Per Katherine Saunders (5/6/09): Door surrounds, mantels, etc., from Belvedere Plantation were installed in the restaurant Fast and French.Created By
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January 26, 2006Updated By
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February 17, 2023