96 Bull Street (Isaac Bennett House)

Archive

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Historic Charleston Foundation

Frieze, 96 Bull Street

Frieze, 96 Bull Street

Name/Title

96 Bull Street (Isaac Bennett House)

Entry/Object ID

BULL.096.001

Scope and Content

Constructed ca. 1815; rehabilitated and restored mid-20th century. This Federal style single house raised on a high foundation, with its one-story piazza accessed from a piazza screen and an ascending wooden staircase, retains some of the most unusual Neoclassical decoration in this area of Charleston. The main body of the house, with its black cypress weatherboarding that has a beveled edge, terminates in a frieze and cornice with an Adamesque swag decoration. This same pattern can be found on the interior as well. The relationship of the builder, Isaac Bennett, to the family that owned the nearby mill remains a mystery. The house passed to the Shand family by the 1820s for income purposes and then to the Dawsons. In the mid-19th century an additional bay was added to the rear of the building, copying the detailing of the original building. The piazza staircase and screen were altered a few decades later in the Italianate style. A 2-story ell addition was put on the house in the mid-20th century. File contains HCF staff research notes (scant); newspaper article (DYKYC). No image of on file of entire house.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

BULL.096.

Source or Donor

96 Bull Street (Isaac Bennett 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

Property File Box 16

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

BULL.096.002

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 502

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

February 14, 2006

Updated By

admin@catalogit.app

Update Date

February 17, 2023