37 Church Street (George Matthews House)

Archive

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Historic Charleston Foundation

37 Church St.

37 Church St.

Name/Title

37 Church Street (George Matthews House)

Entry/Object ID

CHURCH.037.1

Scope and Content

Constructed ca. 1743. The son of Anthony Matthews, one of Charleston's early prominent merchants, bought this property in 1743. Containing an asymmetrical interior plan, the house has later alterations including the Federal period wrought-iron balcony and projecting pediment with lunette window. File contains newspaper articles (including 1935, 1978 DYKYC); historical/chain-of-title research notes; site plan and existing elevations (1995); BAR application (2003) (approval status not indicated).

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

CHURCH.037.

Source or Donor

37 Church Street (George Matthews House)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

Church Street, Eighteenth-Century Expansion, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Property File

Archive Details

Archive Size/Extent

1 File 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 23

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 215

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

December 22, 2006

Updated By

admin@catalogit.app

Update Date

February 17, 2023