100 Bull Street (Monpoey-Wilkes House)

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Historic Charleston Foundation

100 Bull Street

100 Bull Street

Name/Title

100 Bull Street (Monpoey-Wilkes House)

Entry/Object ID

BULL.100.001

Scope and Content

Constructed ca. 1820. Honore Monpoey, a wealthy grocer, built a section of this 2½ story stuccoed brick house on a large lot that formerly stretched to the Bennett Mill Pond. Placed at a considerable distance from the street, the western part of the house was a typical Charleston single house in plan. He lived here until the 1850s, but after the Civil War the house passed through several merchant families. Monpoey purchased two plantations on the Ashley River in the 1830s and rose from shopkeeper to a member of Charleston's planter gentry. In 1894 Herman Wilken bought the Bull Street property and probably was responsible for the Colonial Revival style addition with a hipped roof and wide front dormer to the eastern end, placing front piazzas across the entire structure. File contains HCF staff research notes (scant); Rosen and Associates inspection report (2004); Hurricane Hugo damage assessment survey (see Media tab); photocopy of an 1899 statement from The Ideal Dairy, H. Wilken, Proprieter (52 Bull Street), 1900 statement for Vienna Model Bakery (52 Bull Street and 319 King Street), and 1900 Charleston Gas Light Company for H. Wilkin, 52 Bull Street.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

BULL.100.

Source or Donor

100 Bull Street (Monpoey-Wilkes 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.100.002, BULL.100.003

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 503-504

General Notes

Note

Notes: Previously known as 52 Bull Street. Re: 1899-1900 statements. The original statements were discovered -- assembled together and framed -- in the attic of 100 Bull Street by Pierre Manigault, the current owner, who bought the property ca. 2001. See IdealDairy_52Bull.TIF (HiRes028) for scan of originals.

Created By

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Create Date

February 14, 2006

Updated By

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Update Date

February 17, 2023