58 Church Street (James Veree House)

Archive

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Historic Charleston Foundation

58 Church Street

58 Church Street

Name/Title

58 Church Street (James Veree House)

Entry/Object ID

CHURCH.058.1

Scope and Content

Constructed ca. 1754. James Veree, a French Huguenot carpenter, purchased a parcel containing the lots where 56, 58, and 60 Church Street stand in 1754 and probably constructed the house at 58 Church immediately and the dwelling to the north a decade later. The property at 58 Church is the largest of the original houses but contains simple woodwork. James Veree Jr. sold the house to a signer of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Heyward, who apparently used it as a rental property. A single house with 3 front bays, it has been noted for many years for its rear garden, designed in the early 1940s by Mrs. Benjamin (Emily) Whaley with landscape architect Loutrel Briggs. Visitors from around the world still come to visit the garden made famous in her 1997 book, Mrs. Whaley and Her Charleston Garden during Charleston’s spring and fall house tours. Though Mrs. Whaley passed away in 1998, the house has remained in the family her daughter, noted Charleston artist Marty Whaley Adams, who continues to maintain the garden. File contains FOHG garden histories (2005 and undated); existing plan (showing outline of Briggs garden) (Preservation Consultants, 2000). See also garden survey (2003) on Media tab.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

CHURCH.058.

Source or Donor

58 Church Street (James Veree House)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

Church Street, Loutrel Briggs garden, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, Historic gardens

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 24

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

2009.010.1.5, CHURCH.056.1, CHURCH.056.2, CHURCH.056.3, CHURCH.058.2, CHURCH.058.3, CHURCH.060.1, CHURCH.060.2 Related Units of Description: See also HALS/Loutrel Briggs Garden Survey (2007.016.1).

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston, pg. 67-68; City of Charleston Tour Guide Training Manual (p. 329) (see Abstract). Mrs. Whaley and Her Charleston Garden by Emily Whaley. The American Woman's Garden by Rosemary Verey and Ellen Samuels.

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

January 3, 2007

Updated By

admin@catalogit.app

Update Date

February 17, 2023