Name/Title
51-59 Chapel Street (Benjamin McCabe Tenements)Entry/Object ID
CHAPEL.051-59.01Scope and Content
Constructed ca. 1890. In 1890 Benjamin McCabe, a leading investor and a captain in local militia company, the Irish Volunteers, constructed these five dwellings in the Queen Anne style with pedimented gable roofs. Four of the houses have double-tiered front piazzas. The houses generally retain the stylized woodwork of their front porches, including lattice or turned balusters and chamfered columns and windows with triangular louvered heads. McCabe lived at 59 Chapel Street, which retains its original one-story front piazza. McCabe's investment company constructed three houses in similar style around the corner at 24, 26, and 28 Elizabeth Street in 1896, replacing an early-19th century tenement that had belonged to his parents.
File contains HCF staff research notes; newspaper article (DYKYC).Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Property RecordsAcquisition
Accession
CHAPEL.051-59.Source or Donor
51-59 Chapel Street (Benjamin McCabe Tenements)Acquisition Method
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Search Terms
Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, Streets--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 19Shelf
Prop File Shelves, Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
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Notes
CHAPEL.051-59.02a-b, CHAPEL.051-59.3a-b, CHAPEL.051-59.4Related Publications
Notes
Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 594Created By
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September 25, 2006Updated By
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February 17, 2023