Name/Title
119 - 121 Broad Street (Morton Waring House a/k/a Previous Chancery Office of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston)Entry/Object ID
BROAD.119.001Scope and Content
Constructed ca. 1803; renovated ca. 1890-1900. Built by the local factor Morton Waring in 1803, this structure originally stood as a large 3½ story, exposed brick Charleston single house. Waring sold the property, following severe financial reversals in 1811, to Mordecai Cohen. Cohen, who immigrated to Charleston from Poland as a peddler in the 1780s, rose to be a banker and merchant, and was considered to be the second-wealthiest man in South Carolina by 1830. However, Cohen, too, experienced financial losses, and he was forced to sell this property in 1844. The house was owned in the late 19-century by the Smith and Heyward families, who significantly altered the building with the addition of a marble veneer at the turn of the century. The principal three-bay facade now features marble quoining, marble console brackets over the first-floor windows, and a masked piazza, although the house retains its early-Neoclassical piazza door screen. In 1961 the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston purchased the house for office space. (Poston, (see Abstract), pg. 207-208.)
File contains 4 Folders.
Gift Folder 1: Original Deed of Conservation and Historic Easement, Baseline Documentation Report of 119 Broad Street; HCF Gift of Easement Letter; and IRS 8283 Form for Noncash Charitable Contributions.
Gift Folder 2: Qualified Appraisal Report Deed of Conservation and Preservation Easement prepared by The Guerry Group for Mr. Allen Wood of McBuru Properties, LLC.
Maintenance Folder: Request for Alterations/Repair to Property Under Easement for Covenant to Historic Charleston Foundation dated 4/15/2024 for the removal of existing asphalt roofing system & install new slate roof.
Hist./Misc. Folder: 2024 House History prepared by Sarah Fick for Historic Charleston foundation; Historical Market Analysis (research report) (Butler, 2017); narrative history and historical research notes; article featuring its award of a Preservation Society plaque.Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Property RecordsAcquisition
Accession
BROAD.119.Source or Donor
119 Broad Street (Morton Waring House)Acquisition Method
Collected by StaffLexicon
Search Terms
Broad 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, 2023Location
Container
PF Box 15Shelf
Prop File Shelves, Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentRelationships
Related Entries
Notes
2011.015.69, BROAD.119.002a-d, BROAD.119.003Related Publications
Notes
Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 207-208Created By
admin@catalogit.appCreate Date
February 1, 2006Updated By
sduffy@historiccharleston.orgUpdate Date
October 22, 2025