Name/Title
125 Broad Street (Charles Robert Valk House)Entry/Object ID
BROAD.125.001Scope and Content
Constructed 1886. Although the builder of this house was born in Connecticut in 1848, he spent much of his childhood in South Carolina and served in the Confederate army during the Civil War. Starting in business as the superintendent of a fertilizer company, he organized a firm that grew to be known as Charleston Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company. Considered one of the chief exponents of Charleston's "New South" business elite, he completed this ambitious Tudor Revival style dwelling of Stoney Landing brick immediately after the earthquake of 1886. Tall stained glass windows and a second-story bay window ornament the front cross gable end topped by a closed gable with half-timbered decoration.
File contains newspaper article (1968? DYKYC); graduate student report (Mary Margaret Schley, 2011) on the history of the building, which includes historical and chain-of-title research, maps, photos, and other supporting documentation.Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Property RecordsAcquisition
Accession
BROAD.125.Source or Donor
125 Broad Street (Charles Robert Valk House)Acquisition Method
Collected by StaffLexicon
Search Terms
Broad Street, Great Fire of 1861 (Property Affected), 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 Publications
Notes
Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 209-210General Notes
Note
Notes: Photo 2 from Charleston and the South Carolina Inter-State and West Indian Exposition (P96).Created By
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February 1, 2006Updated By
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February 17, 2023