15 Bull Street (Trenholm-Small House)

Archive

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Historic Charleston Foundation

15 Bull Street

15 Bull Street

Name/Title

15 Bull Street (Trenholm-Small House)

Entry/Object ID

BULL.015.001

Scope and Content

Constructed ca. 1863-71. George A. Trenholm, wealthy Charleston blockade runner and secretary of the treasury of the Confederacy, probably built this 2½ story wood dwelling in the late 1860s. The house displays a mix of Italianate and Greek Revival style elements. A columned piazza with an arcade formed by jigsaw-cut trim stands on the front elevation of the 3-bay facade, which features a closed gable roof with Italianate brackets and a central Venetian (Palladian) window. Trenholm sold this house in the early 1870s to Jacob Small, who also purchased 11 Bull Street. Helena Kessler Eggers constructed the 2½ story dwelling at 11 Bull Street by 1876. The building has a deep entablature, with Italianate style brackets, that serves as the base for a Second Empire-style mansard roof. A double-tiered bay further ornaments the front facade. The west-facing piazzas were enclosed in the early 20th century, when the upper sashes of the windows and other alterations were made. (Poston, Buildings of Charleston.) File contains scant handwritten (staff) title research notes.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

BULL.015.

Source or Donor

15 Bull Street (Trenholm-Small House)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

Bull Street, Harleston Village, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston

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 16

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

BULL.015.002

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 496-497

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

February 13, 2006

Updated By

admin@catalogit.app

Update Date

February 17, 2023