36 Chapel Street (Dr. Anthony Vanderhorst Toomer House, I)

Archive

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Historic Charleston Foundation

36 Chapel Street, Before

36 Chapel Street, Before

Name/Title

36 Chapel Street (Dr. Anthony Vanderhorst Toomer House, I)

Entry/Object ID

CHAPEL.036.01

Scope and Content

Constructed ca. 1809; restoration 1975-78. Prior to building 34 Chapel Street, Dr. Toomer erected this simple, late-Federal Style house on a large lot which he acquired shortly after the subdivision of the neighborhood by the Wragg family. The frame house, with a double-tiered front piazza approached by a stuccoed masonry stair, is surmounted by a hipped, slate roof with 3 front dormers. The restoration of this building in the 1970s served as a demonstration project for the rejuvenation of other uptown houses damaged by fire and subject to condemnation. (Poston, Buildings of Charleston.) Three files contain documentation of the covenant on the property; annual inspection reports; requests for alterations; documents pertaining to HCF's rehabilitation of the house; correspondence and other documentation related to the sale and/or management of the property and/or of the covenant itself; historical/chain-of-title research information; FOHG House History and Garden History; other narrative history; newspaper and other articles (including 1977 DYKYC); photocopies of plats, including plat (1933); copy of HCF easement information card (TMS number, year of construction, significant resident(s), deed research, deed restrictions, measurements, and tax information); HCF intern research including Birds-Eye View and Sanborn Maps; photocopy of 1978 approved "Plat Showing 2.158 Acres, Property of Historic Charleston Foundation." See Covenant/Easement Inspection Photo Files for inspection photography. PDF of Preservation Society Tour house history (2012) on Media tab.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

CHAPEL.036.

Source or Donor

36 Chapel Street (Anthony Vanderhorst Toomer House, I)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

Chapel Street, Covenant Property, Mazyckborough and Wraggborough, Home Ownership Program (HCF Revolving Fund), Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Property File

Archive Details

Archive Size/Extent

2 Covenant/Management Folders (labeled A-B) 1 History/Miscellaneous 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 19

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

CHAPEL.036.02a-b, CHAPEL.036.03, CHAPEL.036.04, CHAPEL.036.05a-b, CHAPEL.036.06, CHAPEL.036.07, CHAPEL.036.08a-g, CHAPEL.036.09a-c, CHAPEL.036.10, CHAPEL.036.11a-c, CHAPEL.036.12, CHAPEL.036.13 Related Units of Description: See H.A. DeCosta Company invoice collection, 2009.011.1. See also Easement Manager's working files for more information.

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 592

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

September 25, 2006

Updated By

admin@catalogit.app

Update Date

February 17, 2023