Name/Title
221 Calhoun Street (Richard Holloway Tenement)Entry/Object ID
CALHOUN.221.01Scope and Content
Constructed ca. 1814. Holloway, a free African-American builder who owned more than twenty houses at the time of his death in 1823, constructed this 2½ story Charleston single house sometime after 1814, along with a nearly identical house at 96 Smith Street. Holloway's houses show impressive planning and detailing. The gable roof at 221 Calhoun covers the piazzas as well as the principal structure, and its tympanum is ornamented by a Venetian window, with splayed Gothic muntins. A double-tiered piazza topped by a pediment projecting from the roof faces the west end of the property. Shuttered for many years, the building remains in a state of severe deterioration (as of the time this research was done, 1997). Although the Holloways lived on Beaufain Street, this house was left to John Holloway, who in turn sold it in 1847 with a property description including "a Two Story Wooden Dwelling House, thereon together with a kitchen and a building formerly used as a schoolhouse and stable." (Poston, Buildings of Charleston.)
File contains HCF staff research notes; newspaper article (1977 DYKYC); Rosen and Associates inspection report (1999).Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Property RecordsAcquisition
Accession
CALHOUN.221.Source or Donor
221 Calhoun Street (Richard Holloway Tenement)Acquisition Method
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Calhoun Street, Harleston Village, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, African Americans--HousingArchive Details
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1 File FolderArchive Notes
Finding Aids: Index to Property Files
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Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
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February 7, 2023Location
Container
PF Box 17Shelf
Prop File Shelves, Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
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Notes
Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 505-506Created By
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May 11, 2006Updated By
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February 16, 2023