290 Meeting Street (Gabriel Manigault House)

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Historic Charleston Foundation

Gabriel Manigualt House: Copyright: Charleston Museum photograph
Gabriel Manigualt House

Copyright: Charleston Museum photograph

Name/Title

290 Meeting Street (Gabriel Manigault House)

Entry/Object ID

MEETING.288.1

Tags

Further research

Scope and Content

The original house on this lot, the Gabriel Manigault House, was constructed ca. 1802. It was a two and a half story frame house on brick basement, located at the southeast corner of Meeting Street and George Street. Demolished in the 1930s and replaced with a gas station, the demolition of this building was one of the inspirations for city council's enactment of America's first historic zoning ordinance in 1931 and to create the nation's first historic district and Architectural Review. The brick and other elements (columns, balusters, and window surrounds) saved from the demolition were used in HCF's Frances R. Edmunds Center for Historic Preservation at 108 Meeting Street. (Poston, Buildings of Charleston.) File contains narrative history (undated, unattributed); excerpt from manuscript about Greek Revival architecture that refers to the house; photocopies of photographs of the house; copies of architectural drawings (by Samuel G. Stoney); miscellaneous sketches of architectural features (unattributed, undated); newspaper articles (1984-85) about plans for construction of C of C dormitories and condominiums at the site and correspondence and other documentation related to HCF's opposition to the proposed plans; newspaper articles; outline specifications for approved construction at the site (Liollio Architects, 1988). Also known as 288 Meeting Street.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

MEETING.288.

Source or Donor

288 Meeting Street (Gabriel Manigault House)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

Meeting Street, Demolished buildings, lost buildings, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, Lost architecture--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 74

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Manigault, Gabriel

Related Entries

Notes

MEETING.288.2, MEETING.288.3a-b

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 188 Caglar Aydin's graduate thesis (2013.002.005)

General Notes

Note

Tag Date: 2008-04-30 14:06:51.998000 Notes: Photographs in this record is in the Charleston Museum photograph collection. For research purposes only; permission to publish necessary.

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Create Date

February 1, 2006

Updated By

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Update Date

February 17, 2023