Name/Title
101-109 Bull Street (Bee's Row)Entry/Object ID
BULL.101-109.001Scope and Content
Constructed ca. 1853-54; partially restored and rehabilitated 1980s. Although built in 1853 by Sara Smith, probably by a contractor from the North, the row was taken over during the Civil War by William C. Bee, who owned a blockade-running firm. During the war the row was known as Bee's Block and was used partially as warehouses and stores. A small court running behind the buildings is today humorously called "Wasbee Range." These tall row houses resemble similar structures built in Savannah, Philadelphia, and Baltimore in the mid-19th century. Terra-cotta decorations in the Italianate style with pedimented window heads and console-bracketed arch door surrounds were probably ordered from New England and resemble those on the original St. Johns (Mills House) Hotel at the corner of Queen and Meeting streets. Although each house has been altered over the years, most retain their original plasterwork and Italianate-style stone mantels. Each unit opens from the street onto an antefoyer and a foyer of an octagonal shape with niches intended for statuary. Sara Smith was the first to live on the row and seems to have built 101 Bull Street for her own residence. (Poston, Buildings of Charleston.)
File contains FOHG house history for 101 Bull Street (1991) and 107 Bull Street (undated); brief narrative history of 107 Bull Street; handwritten (staff) historical/chain-of-title research notes (scant); newspaper articles including DYKYC (1968); narrative history of 103 Bull Street and its owners, including George A. Trenholm and David Lopez.
Cataloger's note: See files on 107 Bull Street.Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Property RecordsAcquisition
Accession
BULL.101-109.Source or Donor
101-109 Bull Street (Bee's Row)Acquisition Method
Collected by StaffLexicon
Search Terms
Bull Street, Harleston Village, Historic buildings--South Carolina--CharlestonArchive Details
Archive Size/Extent
1 File FolderArchive Notes
Finding Aids: Index to Property Files.
Level of Description: FolderLocation
Location
Shelf
Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentDate
February 7, 2023Location
Container
PF Box 16Shelf
Prop File Shelves, Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentRelationships
Related Entries
Notes
2006.005.067, BULL.101-109.002, BULL.101-109.003, BULL.107.1Related Publications
Notes
Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 504Created By
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February 14, 2006Updated By
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February 17, 2023