172 Broad Street (Simons House)

Archive

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Historic Charleston Foundation

170 Broad (R) -172 Broad Street (L)

170 Broad (R) -172 Broad Street (L)

Name/Title

172 Broad Street (Simons House)

Entry/Object ID

BROAD.172.001

Scope and Content

Constructed 1894-1895 for prominent local attorney James Simons and his wife Elizabeth P. Simons who acquired the lot from Simon Fogarty in the early 1890s. The house was erected in a flamboyant Queen Anne style popular in the late Victorian period. The house was later used as four separate apartments but restored to a single-family home by the current owners. The house is a 2½-story wood frame dwelling resting on a continuous brick foundation with a metal-clad compound gable roof, a partially enclosed 2-story piazza on the west side, and a 3-story square turret anchoring the southeast corner of the building. Three files contain documentation of the easement on the property including related correspondence and Confirmation of Understanding; Part I certification (National Register); annual inspection reports, requests for alterations, and correspondence related to the management of the property; historical and chain-of-title research including physical description of the property and statement of significance; Sanborn maps. See Easement Documentation Photo Files for easement donation photographs (Exh. B to Deed of Conservation Easement) and Covenant/Easement Inspection Photo Files for inspection photography.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

BROAD.172.

Source or Donor

172 Broad Street (Simons House)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

Broad Street, Easement Property, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Property File

Archive Details

Archive Size/Extent

1 Gift Folder 1 Management Folder 1 History/Miscellaneous 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

Property File Box 15

Building

Missroon/Archives/Property File Shelves

Category

Permanent

Location

Container

PF Box 16

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

Related Units of Description: See also Easement Manager's working files for more information.

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 300

Created By

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Create Date

February 8, 2006

Updated By

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Update Date

February 16, 2023