36 Charlotte Street (Rebecca Cordes House)

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Historic Charleston Foundation

36 Charlotte Street

36 Charlotte Street

Name/Title

36 Charlotte Street (Rebecca Cordes House)

Entry/Object ID

CHARLOTTE.036.01

Scope and Content

Constructed ca. 1830. A family of French Huguenot descent, the Cordes owned extensive plantations in the Cooper River region and acquired several properties in the Mazyckborough in the early-nineteenth century. Mrs. Rebecca Cordes, a widow, built a substantial 2½-story single house with closed front gable on a high brick basement. A triple-tiered, Greek Revival style piazza graces the west elevation, while on the east a Venetian (Palladian) window illuminates the staircase. Small wooden quoins decorate the corners of the building. Mrs. Cordes's house passed to Thomas Cordes Harleston in trust for Elizabeth Cordes Waring prior to the Civil War. Three files contain documentation of the easement on the property; Part I certification (National Register); IRS form 8283; HCF staff research notes (scant); annual inspection reports; brief narrative history; newspaper article (DYKYC); historical/chain-of-title research (author not indicated) and supporting documentation (Sanborn maps, census information, etc.. Requests for alterations, correspondence related to the management of the property, and easement inspection photographs may eventually be on file. No easement donation photographs (Exh. B to Deed of Conservation Easement) on file. No inspection photographs on file (see Easement Manager).

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

CHARLOTTE.036.

Source or Donor

36 Charlotte Street (Rebecca Cordes House)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

Charlotte Street, Mazyckborough and Wraggborough, Easement Property, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Property File

Archive Details

Archive Size/Extent

1 Gift Folder 1 Management Folder 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 20

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

CHARLOTTE.036.02, CHARLOTTE.036.03a-b, CHARLOTTE.036.04 Related Units of Description: See also Easement Manager's working files for more information.

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 599

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

October 2, 2006

Updated By

admin@catalogit.app

Update Date

February 17, 2023