26 Church Street (Jackson-Watt House)

Archive

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Historic Charleston Foundation

26 Church Street

26 Church Street

Name/Title

26 Church Street (Jackson-Watt House)

Entry/Object ID

CHURCH.026.1

Scope and Content

Constructed by 1794; altered ca. 1840; partially restored 1961. James Watt, a grocer, completed the shell of a 2-story house that Watt's predecessor, Charlotte Fenwick, daughter of Edward Fenwick, had inherited. After marrying continental officer Ebenezer Jackson and moving to Florida, she had sold the incomplete tenement to Watt. The 3-story single house retains its basic form but includes significant alterations made in the Greek Revival period, including a parapeted gable framing a tripartite window. Its early natural stuccoed surface shows evidence of original scoring, early lime wash, and paint colors. (Poston, Buildings of Charleston.) Files contain documentation of the easement on the property including related correspondence and Confirmation of Understanding; Part I certification (National Register); annual inspection reports, requests for alterations,correspondence related to the management of the property, and architectural plans; easement appraisal report (includes photographs); FOHG house histories and other narrative histories; historical/chain-of-title research information, including family genealogy/history. See Easement Documentation Photo Files for easement donation photographs (Exh. B to Deed of Conservation Easement) and Covenant/Easement Inspection Photo Files for inspection photography.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

CHURCH.026.

Source or Donor

26 Church Street (Jackson-Watt House)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

Church Street, Easement Property, Eighteenth-Century Expansion, 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 22

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Location

Container

2

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

2013.010.01, CHURCH.026.2, CHURCH.026.3a-e Related Units of Description: See also Easement Manager's working files for more information.

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 213

Created By

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Create Date

December 21, 2006

Updated By

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Update Date

February 17, 2023