131 Broad Street

Archive

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Historic Charleston Foundation

131 Broad St.

131 Broad St.

Name/Title

131 Broad Street

Entry/Object ID

BROAD.131.001

Scope and Content

Constructed ca. 1887. One of a row of elegant Victorian single houses constructed after the fire of 1861, which destroyed earlier buildings on the block. Edward G. Voight, a shoe dealer, constructed this house, with its prominent bay window and door overhang before 1887. The original plaster cornices remain in the interior as well as the handsome walnut staircase, which has never been painted. Especially notable is the Victorian "Gingerbread" exterior trim. This house is especially interesting for the excellent condition of stencil work on the ceilings. The "ghosting" or shadowing of another pattern of stencils shows in several areas below the existing stenciling. The earlier stenciling reveals a neo-classical motif of anthemion. This is one of five known houses in Charleston to have stencil work. (Poston, Buildings of Charleston.) File contains title research with copies of original deeds and (handwritten) chain-of-title notes (ltr dated 3/9/1960); draft FOHG house history (1993); house history from Vernacular Architecture of Charleston; copy of measured first floor plan.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

BROAD.131.

Source or Donor

131 Broad Street

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

Broad Street, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, Stencil work

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 15

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

BROAD.131.002a-d, BROAD.135-137.001, BROAD.135-137.002

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 296-297

Created By

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Create Date

February 1, 2006

Updated By

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Update Date

February 16, 2023